learner457
New member
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2017
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
Hello everyone,
I have recently gotten an English exam returned by my new teacher and we were told that it isn't idiomatic to start a paragraph with "The given text/excerpt/passage deals with..." because that would be a Germanism and we should write "The text/excerpt/passage at hand..." instead.
I honestly don't quite trust her on this since I have written this in many exams before and have never gotten it corrected. My boyfriend (who is a native speaker) also said that it would be correct to write that.
What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance!
I have recently gotten an English exam returned by my new teacher and we were told that it isn't idiomatic to start a paragraph with "The given text/excerpt/passage deals with..." because that would be a Germanism and we should write "The text/excerpt/passage at hand..." instead.
I honestly don't quite trust her on this since I have written this in many exams before and have never gotten it corrected. My boyfriend (who is a native speaker) also said that it would be correct to write that.
What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance!