The school Generation XXI

[Rachel Adams]

Should I use the definite article before the name of a school and should it be "I am studying at school" instead?

1. "I study at/in The School of Future."

2. "I study at/in the school Generation XXI."

Local schools have unusual names...

 

[GoesStation]

Say I'm a student/I study at the School of the Future. Whether to capitalize the first definite article is a tricky translation question; Russian lacking articles, I think it's up to you.

Is the official name in the second sentence "School of Generation XXI"?

 

[Rachel Adams]

Say I'm a student/I study at the School of the Future. Whether to capitalize the first definite article is a tricky translation question; Russian lacking articles, I think it's up to you.

Is the official name in the second sentence "School of Generation XXI"?

No, only "Generation XXI" is the name. With the name of the school or university "at" is the only option, not "in", isn't it? Should I use the progressive? Is it a limited duration? I mean "I am studying".

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't think you need to say "school" at all. You've said "I'm studying" so it's pretty clear already.

I'm studying at Generation XXI.

In BrE, you'd probably see "I'm a student at Generation XXI" or, if the listener is already familiar with the school, "I go to Generation XXI". I used "see" because, of course, what you'd hear is "I'm a student at Generation Twenty-One".