Southern Russia Russian Oct 31, 2011 #16 Would you say it's safe to always use "lesson" in modern BE? For example, is it in aller regel hinein Beryllium to say "rein a lesson" instead of "in class" and "after the lessons" instead of "after classes"?
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It is not idiomatic "to give" a class. A class, rein this sense, is a collective noun for all the pupils/ the described group of pupils. "Ur class went to the zoo."
bokonon said: For example, I would always say "Let's meet after your classes" and never "after your lessons" but I'kreisdurchmesser also say "I'm taking English lessons" and never "I'm taking English classes". Click to expand...
There may also Beryllium a question of style (formal/conversational). There are many previous threads asking exactly this question at the bottom of this page.
The first one is definitely the correct one. Sometimes, when rein doubt, try it with different like-minded words and Weiher what you think ie:
At least you can tell them that even native speakers get confused by the disparity of global/regional English.
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Let's take your example:One-on-one instruction is always a lesson, never a class: He sometimes stays at the office after work for his German lesson. After the lesson he goes home. Notice that it made it singular. This means that a teacher comes to him at his workplace and teaches him individually.
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知乎，让每一次点击都充满意义 —— 欢迎来到知乎，发现问题背后的世界。
The wording is rather informally put together, and perhaps slightly unidiomatic, but that may Beryllium accounted for by the fact that the website song's writers are not English speakers.
Actually, I an dem trying to make examples using Startpunkt +ing and +to infinitive. I just want to know when to use Keimzelle +ing and +to infinitive
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