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teacher, can I say "she has won a scholarship?". Please check for errors. Thank you.

Ling's mother said her daughter has won a scholarship to attend a six month Mandarin program in Shanghai. Her daughter was told by her teacher that she was picked out of over 1,000 students.

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Originally Posted by thomas615

teacher, can I say "she has won a scholarship?". Please check for errors. Thank you.

Ling's mother said her daughter has won a scholarship to attend a six month Mandarin program in Shanghai. Her daughter was told by her teacher that she was picked out of over 1,000 students.

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Yes, it's OK, but I would use "selected" in place of "picked".

Hello.:-D
May I ask a question here?
Would it be better for "six month" to be hyphenated? - "six-month"

Yes it would be better to say a "six-month" program.

Please don't forget that capital letters play an important role in correct sentences.

Not a teacher, but a fellow learner!

I don't think this is grammatically desirable, even though they can perceive its meaning. Present perfect always refers to the present state, so past perfect fits the best as past perfect refers to the past. If you say like this, it's like going back and forth between times in a time machine.

ex)Ling's mother said her daughter has had won a scholarship to attend a six month Mandarin program in Shanghai.

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Originally Posted by keannu

Not a teacher, but a fellow learner!

I don't think this is grammatically desirable, even though they can perceive its meaning. Present perfect always refers to the present state, so past perfect fits the best as past perfect refers to the past. If you say like this, it's like going back and forth between times in a time machine.

ex)Ling's mother said her daughter has had won a scholarship to attend a six month Mandarin program in Shanghai.

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Hello.:-D
I know what you mean, but if it (winning the scholarship) has the 'present reality', I think the Present Perfect is possible.

It is the preferred tense if the study under the scholarship is not completed.

As a native speaker, I would not say it that way....

Ling's mother said her daughter won a scholarship to attend a six month....

Please do not correct my grammar. This is how a natve would say it, writing it is different. I think it is okay how you have it now. You can also replace has with had.

Natalie, I am a native speaker as well. And I would say it using present perfect if the scholarship was recently awarded and/or if she is still away studying under that scholarship.

I am not correcting your grammar, because there is more than one "correct" way to say this, but please don't assert that your version is THE version that would be use.

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Originally Posted by Natalie1991

Please do not correct my grammar.

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