Penicillin  +  404123 Mon, 13 Aug 07 07:26 PM Hello What's the difference: - He's studying at faculty of medicine. - He studies at faculty of medicine. Thanks & Regards Penicillin Joined on Wed, Aug 25 2004 Full Member 335 Regards, Present Simple

	CalifJim  +  404152 Mon, 13 Aug 07 08:07 PM 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. He's studying at the School of Medicine next year. And only the non-progressive form would normally be used to indicate sporadic continuation of the studies. He studies at the School of Medicine from time to time. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,409 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Predicates, Present Simple

	Clive  +  404168 Mon, 13 Aug 07 08:38 PM 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 Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,627 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Present Simple

	CalifJim  +  404233 Tue, 14 Aug 07 02:35 AM '... 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 learning, not at it.  Nevertheless, both of those prepositions are used. CJ CalifJim Prepositions, Present Simple

	Clive  +  463396 Sat, 12 Jan 08 03:20 PM 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 books, etc. Consider this simpler example. 'I'm flying to Montreal tomorrow'. This suggests that I have already bought my ticket. Maybe I've already packed my suitcase! Best wishes, Clive   Clive Present Continuous, Present Simple