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I am in a vocabulary crunch
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eliona-jc
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I am in a vocabulary crunch
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Greetings to everyone!! I would appreciate it if you helped me with the following: In Albania, in public schools, we divide classes in "Hours" of 45 min. Now, I know that we usually use "class" to refer to school subjects ( My next class is Biology) but can we refer to them as "hours" in the following sentence: In my first hour I had Chemistry, 2nd hour PE etc?? I would kindly ask you to enlighten me on this vocabulary crunch :) eliona |
3 Dec 2014
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redcamarocruiser
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We say, "First period I have Chemistry, 2nd period PE."
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3 Dec 2014
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dareka1
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But we do often say, "I teach 20 hours a week" but mean 20 classes a week (this is more common if one class is 50 - 60 minutes, 45 seems a little short to say that. Class/Lesson/Period sounds good. In your case, if it was 45 min teaching + 15 min break, you might be able to say "hour" but it doesn �t seem like it would be a 15 min break. |
4 Dec 2014
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douglas
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Americans typically use "period", but can also use "hour".
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4 Dec 2014
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eliona-jc
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I am indebted to you all for taking your precious time to help me. May God bless you abundantly :) eliona |
4 Dec 2014
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cunliffe
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Or lesson. Lesson one I have English and lesson 2 I have maths. As darek says, we would say, �I teach 20 hours a week � when we mean 20 lessons a week - as long as the lessons are about an hour long! |
4 Dec 2014
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