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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Question about "acquired"

Am I using "acquired" correctly in the following context? And is underlined "of" correctly used? Thank you!

During the studies from September 1, 1994 to June 15, 1999 John XXX has acquired the following courses on Law of the professional study programme [and then there is a list of courses]

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Hi, However, I understand your intended meaning, but acquire does not sounds natural to me in that context. The verbs that commonly go with course are Take a course Complete a course Pass a course Fail a course Excel at a course Hamid

— Hrsanei

  • Hi, However, I understand your intended meaning, but acquire does not sounds natural to me in that context.
  • The verbs that commonly go with course are Take a course Complete a course Pass a course Fail a course Excel at a course Hamid
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Hi, However, I understand your intended meaning, but acquire does not sounds natural to me in that context.
The verbs that commonly go with course are

Take a course
Complete a course
Pass a course
Fail a course
Excel at a course

Hamid
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Thanks for your input! Will this be okay then?

During the studies from September 1, 1995 to June 15, 2000 John XXXX has completed the following courses on Law of the professional study programme
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During his studies from September 1, 1994 to June 15, 1999 John *** has (satisfactorily) completed the following courses in Law offered by the professional study programme of YYY Legal Institute [and then there is a list of courses]
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Thanks! That was truly helpful!
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