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    In my students' writng, they wrote "To students of English Department". I advice them to change it to "To students from English Department". Do you have any other suggestion?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ziawj2 View Post
    In my students' writng, they wrote "To students of English Department". I advice them to change it to "To students from English Department". Do you have any other suggestion?
    Either is OK. I would prefer "of" and the article "the".
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    To English Department students is also possible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ziawj2 View Post
    In my students' writng, they wrote "To students of English Department". I advised them to change it to "To students from English Department". Do you have any other suggestion?
    Bhai.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ziawj2 View Post
    In Some of my students writng, they wrote "To students of English Department". I advised them to change it to "To students from English Department". Do you have any other suggestions?
    "In my students' writing..." isn't very natural English. I would use something like "In their homework, some of my students have written..." or make the simple changes I have made above.
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