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English Boys Girls World British People Classes Dropped

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Keyword course
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The boys and girls in my English course come from all over the world.
Correct Sentence The boys and girls on my English course come from all over the world.
Cloze Error Sentence The boys and girls [[in]] my English course come from all over the world.
Cloze Sentence The boys and girls [[on]] my English course come from all over the world.
Cloze Answer on
Choices on | in
Explanation

In British English you say that someone is on a course: 'Some of the people on the course came to a few classes and then dropped out.'

Note that in a course is used in American English.

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