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Silverobama

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English, as a subject, has become the main subject along with Chinese and math in China for many years. Students need to learn it when they are six. Recently, more and more people say the subject should be deleted from others subjects like Chinese and math and science, etc., So, there’s always a question for people to discuss. It goes like “Should English this subject be cancelled from other subjects?” Is the italic sentence natural?
 
You can't say that three things are "the" main subject. Revise your opening sentence (in a new post - don't edit post #1). There's plenty more to work on too. (Take a look at the italic question again, for example.)
 
Revise your opening sentence
English, as a subject, has become more and more important in recent years. Many kids begin to learn the language when they're very young and schools require students to learn English at the age of six.
It goes like “Should English this subject be cancelled from other subjects?” Is the italic sentence natural?
Is the sentence "Should English be canceled from other subjects?" natural?

More context: Middle school students need to learn at least nine subjects and "English" is considered as a main subject (along with math and Chinese). In both the college entrance exam and high school entrance exam, the full score of English (math and Chinese) as well, is 150. Other subjects like science, biology, geography, politics, ranged from 70-100.
 
I think the compulsory subjects, which carry greater weightage in terms of scores, are commonly referred to as core subjects. So there are two categories or lists of subjects.

How about the following?
Should English be removed from the list of core subjects?
 
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English, as a subject, has become more and more important in recent years. Many kids begin to learn the language when they're very young and schools require students to learn start studying English at the age of six.
See above.
Is the sentence "Should English be canceled from other subjects?" natural?
No, not at all. For a start we don't "cancel something from something else".
Should we remove English from the list of compulsory subjects?
More context: Middle school students need to must learn study at least nine subjects and English (no quotation marks needed) is considered as a main subject (along with math and Chinese). In both the college entrance exam and high school entrance exam, the full maximum score of for English, math and Chinese (brackets weren't needed) as well, is 150. Other subjects like science, biology, geography, politics, ranged range from 70 to 100.
See above.
I'm not sure I entirely understand the final two sentences. Do you mean that those three subjects are worth more points than the other subjects, and a specific number of points is needed to enter high school and then, later, to enter college?
 
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