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Chandrasekhar Reddy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is my sentence correct?

To get the promotion, you need to appear for an exam. If you are thru the exam then you will get promoted.
  

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Chandrasekhar Reddy To get the promotion, you need to appear sit for an exam. If you are thru the pass that exa m, then you will get promoted.

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  • Chandrasekhar Reddy To get the promotion, you need to appear sit for an exam.
  • If you are thru the pass that exa m, then you will get promoted.
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Chandrasekhar Reddy To get the promotion, you need to appear sit for an exam. If you are thru the pass that exam, then you will get promoted.
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Please excuse me for butting in, dear members, but here - I live in New Delhi, India - I hear "appear for an exam" more frequently than I hear "sit for an exam". I am not suggesting that "sit for an exam" is wrong, but I think people around me, and even I, use or utter "appear for an exam" more often.
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LaboriousPlease excuse me for butting in, dear members, but here - I live in New Delhi, India - I hear "appear for an exam" more frequently than I hear "sit for an exam". I am not suggesting that "sit for an exam" is wrong, but I think people around me, and even I, use or utter "appear for an exam" more often.
That's obviously something that is just in Indian
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AnonymousThat's obviously something that is just in Indian English
Are you suggesting that 'appear for an exam(ination)' exists only in Indian English? If you are, then I have to say that I don't agree with you on that. Sorry. The reason is because I googled these words (appear for an exam) and I got many sites which had the word 'appear' in fron
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'Appear for an exam' is not used in British -
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LaboriousAre you suggesting that 'appear for an exam(ination)' exists only in Indian English?
Yes.
LaboriousIf you are, then I have to say that I don't agree with you on that. Sorry. The reason is because I googled these words (appear for an exam) and I got many sites which had the word 'appear' in front of 'for an exam(ination).
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In British and American English you sit or take exams. British speakers use both. American speakers use take more than sit. Appear for an exam is a phrase that would be unfamiliar to most British or American speakers.
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LaboriousI googled these words (appear for an exam) and I got many sites which had the word 'appear' in front of 'for an exam(ination).
You can find a lot of things which are not correct using Google. You have to see if what is written is by native speakers. For example, you can find "handphone' using Google and you w
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