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I'm a student. I go to college.
I'm a student . I 'm studying at a college.

Which variant is better?
 
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I'm a student. I go to college.
I'm a student . I 'm studing at a college.

Which variant is better?

Seeing as the second sentence contains a spelling mistake and an error in punctuation, it can't be the better of the two. If you correct the spelling mistake and the punctuation spacing, we will be better able to compare the two sentences.
 
A spelling mistake was an elementary misprint. But I cannot guess an error in punctuation
Was the gap before the point the punctuation spacing ? It's impossible
 
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In your second sentence, you have mistakenly put a space before the first full stop.
 
Why do you say 'the stop' instead of 'the point' and 'a space' instead of 'a gap'?
 
Now we have 3 questions in 1
 
Why do you say 'the stop' instead of 'the point' and 'a space' instead of 'a gap'?

It's not a "point". It's a "full stop" in BrE, and a "period" in AmE. And in BrE, we say that the "gap" between words and punctuation is a "space".
 
Now we have 3 questions in 1

Yes, and that really doesn't work. I've deleted your question about "get along" - please open a new thread for that totally unconnected question.
 
A spelling mistake was an elementary misprint. But I cannot guess an error in punctuation
Was the gap before the point the punctuation spacing ? It's impossible

I don't know what you mean by "It's impossible". The error was that you put a space before the full stop. In your first example sentence, you got the spacing correct by putting the full stop directly after the word "student". You have now repeated the error by putting a space before the question mark - I have marked it in red.

In written English, we do not put a space before a full stop, comma, exclamation mark or question mark.
 
It means I cannot believe it.
Thanks for your patience.
 
Where? Where is the answer to my main question?
 
I'm sleeping now and dreaming about the continuation of the discussion. Tomorrow.
 
Some letters are beautiful and a few letters are ugly.
 
Everyone got down on me,nobody answered.
Like a game-- find a mistake.I took part.
 
Everyone got down on me,nobody answered.
Like a game-- find a mistake.I took part.

Hello, towcats.
:-DHave you read emsr2d2's message in post #1?
She wrote, "If you correct the spelling mistake and the punctuation spacing, we will be better able to compare the two sentences."

Please "correct the spelling mistake and the punctuation spacing" first.
 
Easily.
I'm a student. I go to college.
I'm a student. I'm studying at a college.
 
Easily.
I'm a student. I go to college.
I'm a student. I'm studying at a college.

Wow. It's taken us until halfway down page 2 to finally get to the point I suggested in post #2. The answer to your question is that they're both grammatically correct and both natural. You will also hear your second choice without the indefinite article.

"Find a mistake" is not a game. It is what we do.
 
Easily.
I'm a student. I go to college.
I'm a student. I'm studying at a college.

The first one is marginally better, but I don't find either of them very natural.
 
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