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I'm a 50 year old small business owner that's going to college to finish up my undergrad.
Would a native speaker say this?
Would a native speaker say this?
I'm a 50 year old small business owner that's going to college to finish up my underg
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Can you change it so that it's native?
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An AmE speaker would not say that either.
I'm a 50-year-old small business owner who's going back to college to finish up my undergraduate degree.
I'm a 50-year-old small business owner who's going back to college to finish up my undergraduate degree.
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If it is in written English, it is fine for me. In case it is in spoken English, the sentence sounds kinda long for me. I would say "I'm a 50-year-old small business owner. I'm going back to college to finish up my undergraduate degree". Do you think native speakers would tend to say so?
Is it wrong to use " that" instead of "who"? I think both "that" and "who" are okay.
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"That" is OK, but I prefer "who". The sentence works fine in spoken English as one or two sentences.
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I'm a 50-year-old small business owner who's going back to college to finish up my undergrad.
Is this okay?
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It would be better with "undergraduate degree". Why abbreviate it?
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This BE speaker doesn't like 'finish up' or 'undergraduate degree'. If you have a degree you're no longer an undergraduate.
'I'm a 50-year-old small business owner who's going back to college to finish a degree course I started 30 years ago.'
Or just '...to get a degree.'
'I'm a 50-year-old small business owner who's going back to college to finish a degree course I started 30 years ago.'
Or just '...to get a degree.'
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In AmE you will often hear "undergraduate degree" to differentiate it from "graduate degree".
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If someone has only a bachelors, they tend not to refer to it as their "undergraduate degree."
Only when someone has a graduate degree do they tend to refer to "their undergrad."
I got my MBA from Temple. I got my undergrad from Villanova. Or whatever. (Neither of those statements are true, by the way.)
Only when someone has a graduate degree do they tend to refer to "their undergrad."
I got my MBA from Temple. I got my undergrad from Villanova. Or whatever. (Neither of those statements are true, by the way.)
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They may also refer to their undergraduate degree while they are enrolled in graduate school.
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