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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Take a class
Does "to take a class" mean "to conduct, hold or teach a class" in British English as opposed to "to study or learn a subject in a class" ?
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Dear Debpriya De, This can be a tricky, and it's a good question. Generally speaking , taking a class is something that a student does. He/she participates in, studies and learns a subject over a period of time.
- Dear Debpriya De, This can be a tricky, and it's a good question.
- Generally speaking , taking a class is something that a student does.
- He/she participates in, studies and learns a subject over a period of time.
- I believe this holds true in both American and British English.
- Frequently, however, professors and/or TAs will ask a colleague to conduct, hold or teach a class in their place.
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Dear Debpriya De,
This can be a tricky, and it's a good question.
Generally speaking, taking a class is something that a student does. He/she participates in, studies and learns a subject over a period of time. I believe this holds true in both American and British English.
Frequently, however, professors and/or TAs will ask a colleague to conduct, hold or teach a
This can be a tricky, and it's a good question.
Generally speaking, taking a class is something that a student does. He/she participates in, studies and learns a subject over a period of time. I believe this holds true in both American and British English.
Frequently, however, professors and/or TAs will ask a colleague to conduct, hold or teach a
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How about "The head teacher usually takes us for French." ?
This sentence looks really awkward to me, but I found it in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary under the entry "take".
Does this sound natural to the natives at all ?
This sentence looks really awkward to me, but I found it in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary under the entry "take".
Does this sound natural to the natives at all ?
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Dear Debpriya De,
Your new sentence is really awkward.
I had to read it twice to determine: 1. what it meant, and 2. that is was, in fact, grammatically correct.
When I first read it, I thought to myself "The head teacher takes you (out) for what - French cuisine? French wine? Where does the head teacher take you?
Your new sentence is really awkward.
I had to read it twice to determine: 1. what it meant, and 2. that is was, in fact, grammatically correct.
When I first read it, I thought to myself "The head teacher takes you (out) for what - French cuisine? French wine? Where does the head teacher take you?
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Debpriya DeThe head teacher usually takes us for French.It sounds OK to me as an American, but only as something I might hear in a British film. It's very British to my ear. Americans don't use this turn of phrase as far as I know.
CJ
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