Make up [classes, lessons] - WordReference Forums
Jul 1, 2011. #2. Making up a class is something that the person who missed the class does. If a student misses a class, as in this example, we cannot say that the teacher will make it up. Therefore, #1 is wrong. In a different situation, if the teacher is ill and a class does not take place, then the teacher can make it up.
Make-up classes..... - WordReference Forums
Mar 26, 2007 · In the United States, a "make-up class" or a "make-up session" or a "make-up test" means that these are used to make-up what was missed or what one did poorly on. If we wanted to discuss a class for applying make-up, we would say a cosmetics class. If someone used the phrase "catch-up class" high school and junior-high school students would ...
I am on training or in training - WordReference Forums
Feb 9, 2006 · New Member. Alden, NY. English/USA. Feb 9, 2006. #3. yeah in training not on. If you were on traning, you would be using the word on as expressing an action, like you were literally on training like "that boy is on drugs" but if we are involved in something, or doing something it would be in "i am in bed" "i am in training". N.
in a training / on training - WordReference Forums
Mar 7, 2010 · Hi, I would like to phrase an Out Of Office letter. I'm in a training during this week. Pelease expect some delay in my responses. I'm on training during this week. Pelease expect a delay in my response. I'm in a course during this week. Pelease expect some delay in my responses. Which...
I attended/have attended. | WordReference Forums
Feb 16, 2011. #2. I suggest that you use "I attended" in your sentence, Karen. You could also use the present perfect, which is a perennial source of confusion for people whose first language isn't English. If you're interested in reading more about the present perfect and the situations that call for its use, you will learn a lot about it in ...
Will attend/ will be attending - WordReference Forums
Jun 1, 2018. #1. Hello. If I was telling something that I start college in September and that it’ll take me at least 4 years to complete my degree, could say: I am proud to announce that I will attend college starting September. As well as. I am proud to announce that I will be attending college starting September.
aim at / aim to - WordReference Forums
Dec 14, 2005 · Olivier. I suggest using "aim" (at/to) when there is a, hopefully literal, "target" you wish to hit. I would not use "at" followed by a gerund (applying). I would use "at" followed by an article and a noun. "We are aiming at the target." A very literal target...while you are holding a bow for archery or a rifle.
Do/take a course - WordReference Forums
Jun 25, 2009. #3. "Do" is a problem for learners of English because there's a wide variation in the way it is used. Moreover, "do" has come into colloquial usage recently where it didn't exist previously - or in what would be considered more formal English. Personally, I would never say "do a course" and neither do I believe it would have been ...
D./Da - WordReference Forums
Apr 11, 2014 · Hi everyone, I am translating some flight records (certificate) for a student that completed flight training in Spain. After the initial paragraph, it reads: "El jefe de enseñanza de la Flight Training Organisation "Aero Madrid, S.A. certifica …
come over, come by, drop in, drop by, stop by - WordReference …
Feb 24, 2009 · English, U.S. Jan 3, 2013. #4. Happy New Year, blasita. Your intuition about the forms with "by" is the same as mine: a shorter visit. "Stop by on your way to the market" would be typical: Drop by, or come by, on your way to some other place, so it's a short visit. By the way, where I live I often hear people say they will "swing by"—which ...