Dear teachers again,
I was wondering if we need the article "the" before the word "university" as in:
After graduating from (the or X?) unversity, I shall be 23 by then.
Thanks again for helping, teachers! ^O^
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Dear teachers again,
I was wondering if we need the article "the" before the word "university" as in:
After graduating from (the or X?) unversity, I shall be 23 by then.
Thanks again for helping, teachers! ^O^
No, you don't need the there. Additionally, you don't need by then at the end of the sentence. Thus, the sentence would be: "After graduating from university, I will be 23." (In AE we wouldn't use shall there.)
I hope that helps.
:)
Thanks heaps again, teacher Ronbee! ^o^
But do note the use of 'the' in names:
Oxford University
The University of Oxford
;-)
Thanks to teacher Tdol for helping too! ^o^
You'd also use 'the' when you were talking specifically about a univeristy and not thinking in terms of education and qualifications:
The university I went to is about two hundred miles from here.
(@@) ;-)
Thanks, Tdol, for mentioning everything I didn't.
:wink:
Had a free day at the computer and had time. ;-)