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jasonlulu_2000

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If I want to express the idea of "a man begin to learn scuba diving" using the word "student", can I write as follows?

He became a student of scuba diving at an old age.

thanks for your help!

Jason
 

emsr2d2

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It sounds rather strange. We don't "study scuba diving", we "learn to scuba dive". I would not try to frame it in terms of being a student.
 
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