You think it's a big problem, it's not big as such, my dear.

Jackson6612Are the following sentences correct?

1: You think it's a big problem. It's not big as such, my dear. The/ A real problem awaits you tomorrow, when you will be rusticated from the school.

2: You think it's a big problem

Thank you, Feebs.

[Suggestions are still welcome]

Sorry to hijak, but I learned a new word today, because I had to look up "rusticated." Is it commonly used in the UK? How is it difference from the rather old-fashioned sounding "sent down from"? (A phrase I learned reading Georgette Heyer novesl in my youth.)

Not commonly - it is in fact normally restricted to Oxford and Cambridge universities, where a student is rusticated (sent into the country >> suspended) if he misbehaves.

Hi Barb,

Is it commonly used in the UK? How is it difference from the rather old-fashioned sounding "sent down from"? (A phrase I learned reading Georgette Heyer novesl in my youth.)

Aha, a misspent youth!

'Rusticated' is a formal and somewhat old-fashioned term. 'Sent down' would be more com

And if you are "sent down," is it permanent? Or just for the rest of the term?

Thanks for answering my silly questions.

Hi,

To be rusticated is temporary. To be sent down is permanent.

The poet Shelley is among the most famous people to be sent down from Oxford.

Clive

CliveHi Barb,

Is it commonly used in the UK? How is it difference from the rather old-fashioned sounding "sent down from"? (A phrase I learned reading Georgette Heyer novesl in my youth.)

Aha, a misspent youth!

'Rusticated' is a formal and somewhat old-fashioned term

Hi,

Feebs ws talking about the term 'rusticated', and I was focussing on 'sent down'. Both are only used in relation to Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates. That's what I meant.

Clive