go or study

[towcats1]

I have no idea what you're on about.

I've found out the phrasal verb 'be on about'. Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

And right there you'll see why expecting a black-and-white answer to any question here is potentially pointless. I think they're both fine. Bhaisahab thinks they're both unnatural. Go figure!

I'll admit that there are better ways of saying it. "I'm a college student" for example.

 

[emsr2d2]

I've found out the phrasal verb 'be on about'. Thanks.

I'm pleased to hear it. I still haven't the faintest idea what you meant in post #14.

 

[towcats1]

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

How should I say to be natural?

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

Everyone got down on me,nobody answered.
Like a game-- find a mistake.I took part.

Everyone got down on me,[SPACE]nobody answered.
Like a game-- find a mistake.[SPACE]I took part.

Remember to put a space after every comma and after every full stop.

 

[towcats1]

I'm pleased to hear it. I still haven't the faintest idea what you meant in post #14.

I tried to make a joke.

 

[towcats1]

Remember to put a space after every comma and after every full stop.

I'll try.

 

[towcats1]

Thanks for your help and especially for 'dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs'.
[h=1][/h]

 

[bhaisahab]

How should I say to be natural?

The suggestion that emsr2d2 made was a good one, "I'm a college student".

 

[towcats1]

It's not easy to be natural! Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

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

Have you considered the much neater "I'm a college student"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Have you considered the much neater "I'm a college student"?

That sounds very familiar! Ah yes, it's the very same sentence I suggested in post #22, bhaisahab backed up in post #29 and here it is again. If nothing else, that should tell the OP that that is a much more natural choice!

 

[Rover_KE]

Oh dear.

I must confess I lost interest in this thread after a while and missed page 3.

 

[emsr2d2]

Oh dear.

I must confess I lost interest in this thread after a while and missed page 3.

I'm not remotely surprised.

 

[towcats1]

But I'was glad to read your dialog. I didn't miss anything.

 

[towcats1]

Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

Towcats, you have been asked before not to make a new post just to say 'Thanks'. It is enough to just click the Like button.

The reason is that it is flagged as a new post, so we think you might have a follow-up question or something to add. Those of us with slow internet connections and/or old computers have to waste valuable time waiting for it to appear.

You could have also added 'Thanks' to post #35 three minutes later by using the Edit Post feature.

Rover