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Rotter Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Teach or taught
English is taught at our school.
We don't say English is teaching at our school or we teach English at our school.
By the same token it would be correct to write the following:
We don't say English is teaching at our school or we teach English at our school.
By the same token it would be correct to write the following:
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Hi, We don't say English is teaching at our school Yes, this is wrong or we teach English at our school . Well, you could say this if you are a teacher at the school. If you are not a teacher, you could say they teach English at our school Particularly in spoken English, this use of 'they' is very common.
- Hi, We don't say English is teaching at our school Yes, this is wrong or we teach English at our school .
- Well, you could say this if you are a teacher at the school.
- If you are not a teacher, you could say they teach English at our school Particularly in spoken English, this use of 'they' is very common.
- By the same token it would be correct to write the following: Many schools taught C++ programming and HTML related programming.
- Yes, if you are talking about the past.
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Hi,
We don't say English is teaching at our school Yes, this is wrong
or we teach English at our school. Well, you could say this if you are a teacher at the school. If you are not a teacher, you could say they
We don't say English is teaching at our school Yes, this is wrong
or we teach English at our school. Well, you could say this if you are a teacher at the school. If you are not a teacher, you could say they
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Thanks Clive for your input here.
What I want to say is the following:
The principal of the school or the administration of the school will always say English is taught at our school or We taught English at our school.
For some reason, (you may know the reason) they don't say we teach English at our school.
On the other hand, you and I or a man on th
What I want to say is the following:
The principal of the school or the administration of the school will always say English is taught at our school or We taught English at our school.
For some reason, (you may know the reason) they don't say we teach English at our school.
On the other hand, you and I or a man on th
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"We teach English at our school" is perfectly fine for a presently on-going activity.
"We taught English at our school" is perfectly fine, but this form is used to show that it happened in the past.
"English is taught at our school" is again present.
"English was taught at our school" is again past.
These last two are both in the passive voice.
Li
"We taught English at our school" is perfectly fine, but this form is used to show that it happened in the past.
"English is taught at our school" is again present.
"English was taught at our school" is again past.
These last two are both in the passive voice.
Li
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Hi again,
The principal of the school or the administration of the school will always say English is taught at our school It's OK to say this, it's present passive. But it's not necessary that you use the passive, you can use active voice if you want to.
or We taught English at our school. No. They should say 'We teach English a
The principal of the school or the administration of the school will always say English is taught at our school It's OK to say this, it's present passive. But it's not necessary that you use the passive, you can use active voice if you want to.
or We taught English at our school. No. They should say 'We teach English a
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I thank both of you for the replies. Clive wrote the following:
The principal of the school or the administration of the school will always say English is taught at our school It's OK to say this, it's present passive. But it's not necessary that you use the passive, you can use active voice if you want to.
I learnt in the past that the
The principal of the school or the administration of the school will always say English is taught at our school It's OK to say this, it's present passive. But it's not necessary that you use the passive, you can use active voice if you want to.
I learnt in the past that the
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Within the context you've set up, the most appropriate forms are:
English is taught at our school.
We teach English at our school.
"are teaching" is correct, but in a slightly different context.
We've added something new to the curriculum this year.
We're teaching English at our school this year for the first time.
CJ
English is taught at our school.
We teach English at our school.
"are teaching" is correct, but in a slightly different context.
We've added something new to the curriculum this year.
We're teaching English at our school this year for the first time.
CJ
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Hi,
Yes, we insist that it's fine!
When to choose active and when to choose passive can become a long and tricky discussion. Here is one thought. Very often, businesses, institutions and even people use passive because they think it adds importance and formality to what they are saying. In some ways that's true. However, generally speaking, active voice adds clarity and energy to
Yes, we insist that it's fine!
When to choose active and when to choose passive can become a long and tricky discussion. Here is one thought. Very often, businesses, institutions and even people use passive because they think it adds importance and formality to what they are saying. In some ways that's true. However, generally speaking, active voice adds clarity and energy to
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