By Prepositions, Universities

Re: He insisted on my/me singing a song.

Grammar Geek wrote:Singing is a gerund, a noun, so it takes the possessive my. This is rather peculiar, I think. I have encountered the same thing on these forums many times. Native speakers say: "A gerund is a noun." Do they teach it that way in American schools and universities? Grammatical...

Re: Even though he was accepted/admitted/approved to several top universities,

Angliholic wrote: Nona The Brit wrote: No. Approved doesn't fit here at all. accepted by or admitted to (different prepositions). Thanks, Nona. I think your suggestions make perfect sense, but the original does use "accepted to." So, I wonder if it sounds right by any chance.It should be...

Re: Even though he was accepted/admitted/approved to several top universities,

Nona The Brit wrote: No. Approved doesn't fit here at all. accepted by or admitted to (different prepositions). Thanks, Nona. I think your suggestions make perfect sense, but the original does use "accepted to." So, I wonder if it sounds right by any chance.

Re: Even though he was accepted/admitted/approved to several top universities,

No. Approved doesn't fit here at all. accepted by or admitted to (different prepositions).

degrees from/with a university?

Which or what preposition should I use in following sentence? I hold a bachelor's degree and a master's degree both from/with Harvard University.

Re: failure or failed ?

Hi Zoe (I think I mentioned once before that "Zoe" is also my daughter's name.) Only in how it's used. Due to the failing results, Because of the failing results. I just found several Web sites that try to say they are very different, but to my native ear, I just don't hear it. See this:...

Easy but long...)))

Hello! My mother is studying in University. She was given this testing. I've solved this English testing for her but I'm not sure if it is alright. Could you check it? Sorry, it's quite long. I. Grammar Exercises 1 Articles 1. *The* equipment of Blake & Co is very good. They sell it to **...

Re: Specific questions about translation of a CV

Colombo wrote:I'm trying to translate my CV into English, but I'm finding a lot of difficulties. Apart from the overall chronic style of the result, there are certain things that I find I don't know how to say. I'm copying a list here, in case someone can lend me a hand (for which I'd be...

Specific questions about translation of a CV

I'm trying to translate my CV into English, but I'm finding a lot of difficulties. Apart from the overall chronic style of the result, there are certain things that I find I don't know how to say. I'm copying a list here, in case someone can lend me a hand (for which I'd be immensely grateful). I...

Re: in/on/of

Anonymous wrote: I have no idea why 'in' has been used here! Any help is welcome! 'Joe Bloggs lectures in sociology at the University of Harvard' (Obviously, I've removed the key details...) Thanks Does the original poster intend to remove the preposition "in". Well, then the sentence...