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Peterchan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
University?
Hi,
Thanks for helping me. Understand we say "This is a good university", or "The top universities", but don't understand why we say "Going to university is important" and not "Going to a university is important" or "Going to universities is important"? How does it work, I'm confused.
Tks
Peter
Thanks for helping me. Understand we say "This is a good university", or "The top universities", but don't understand why we say "Going to university is important" and not "Going to a university is important" or "Going to universities is important"? How does it work, I'm confused.
Tks
Peter
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peterchan Going to a university is important. American English. peterchan Going to university is important British English.
- peterchan Going to a university is important.
- American English.
- peterchan Going to university is important British English.
- ____________ There are a few differences like this between American and British English.
- Another one is "in hospital" (BrE) vs "in the hospital" (AmE).
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peterchanGoing to a university is important.American English.
peterchanGoing to university is importantBritish English.
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There are a few differences like this between American and British English. Another one is "in hospital" (BrE) vs "in the hospital" (AmE).
CJ
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Hey peterchan,
I think this a really complicated field and I am not qualified to answer you in an entire manner, but let me tell you this:
"A" and "the" are used for for specifying things, no determiner is used when you are talking about something in general.
For example:
"Going to university is important", means: studying in general is important.
"Going to a uni
I think this a really complicated field and I am not qualified to answer you in an entire manner, but let me tell you this:
"A" and "the" are used for for specifying things, no determiner is used when you are talking about something in general.
For example:
"Going to university is important", means: studying in general is important.
"Going to a uni
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Z1g41n3r"A" and "the" are used for for specifying things, no determiner is used when you are talking about something in general.For example:The problem with that is that we use articles with various institutions in different ways in BrE and AmE, as CJ mentioned.
In BrE, we go to school, hospital, prison, college, university, college, church, but we g
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