What's the difference (Present Simple/Progressive)?

I would say: He's studying at the School of Medicine. / He studies at the School of Medicine.

What's the difference?

Almost none in the case of the predicate "study at (some institution)". Both indicate an on-going state of affairs.

However, the progressive form is more likely than the non-progressive form to occur in a context referring to the future.

Is "He's studying at faculty of medicine" wrong grammatically?

Hi,

Is "He's studying at faculty of medicine" wrong grammatically?



Yes. Say "He's studying at the/a faculty of medicine."


Best wishes, Clive

Thanks guys

'... study in the faculty ...' is slightly more common than '... study at the faculty ...', according to a Google search, which makes sense to me if you take the relevant definition of faculty at www.m-w.com: 'a branch of teaching or learning in an educational institution'. It seems to me that you would study in some branch of learning, just as you study in a field of l

Dear Jim and Clive,

Why ''He's studying at the School of Medicine next year'' instead of simply writing/saying ''he will study at the ......? to indicate future?

Hi,

Why ''He's studying at the School of Medicine next year'' instead of simply writing/saying ''he will study at the ......? to indicate future?

You could say 'will study', but the present continuous is used here to show that all the arrangements have already been made, eg he has completed the admission process, bought his boo