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[jasonlulu_2000]

In one of the ad reading passages of my school exam papers, I read such a sentence:

Option 4: Traditional First-Year Academic Program

With this program, you'll take your first step into the college's rich and varied core courses and explore your fields of interest in free optional coursework.
Fall schedule: When Registration opens, you will build a schedule of four or five additional courses from the full college curriculum.

Could any native tell me what "free" means in this context? Does it mean "for free" or " as you please"?

Thanks !

Jason

 

[GoesStation]

In one of the ad reading passages of my school exam papers, I read [STRIKE]such a[/STRIKE] this sentence ….

"Free" means "for no charge" in the quoted text.

"Such a sentence" means a sentence like this. That's not what you meant to say.

 

[lotus888]

Perhaps it means "elective."

 

[jasonlulu_2000]

"Free" means "for no charge" in the quoted text.

"Such a sentence" means a sentence like this. That's not what you meant to say.

Do you mean that "such a sentence" should be used after the sentence has been written?

 

[jasonlulu_2000]

Perhaps it means "elective."

So it may mean different things. Is it so?

 

[Tarheel]

Here it only means for no additional charge.

 

[GoesStation]

Do you mean that "such a sentence" should be used after the sentence has been written?

It's not a phrase that you will use very often. You would use it to refer to a type of sentence, not to a specific sentence.

 

[jasonlulu_2000]

It's not a phrase that you will use very often. You would use it to refer to a type of sentence, not to a specific sentence.

Likewise, such a man means a type of man, is it so?

 

[GoesStation]

Likewise, "such a man" means a type of man, [STRIKE]is it so[/STRIKE] right?

No. It means "a man of that type".