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Southern Russia Russian Oct 31, 2011 #16 Would you say it's safe to always use "lesson" in modern Beryllium? For example, is it üblich in BE to say "in a lesson" instead of "hinein class" and "after the lessons" instead of "after classes"?
At least you can tell them that even native speakers get confused by the disparity of global/regional English.
It is not idiomatic "to give" a class. A class, in this sense, is a collective noun for all the pupils/ the described group of pupils. "Ur class went to the zoo."
The first one is definitely the correct one. Sometimes, when rein doubt, try it with different like-minded words and see what you think ie:
As I said in #2, it depends on the intended meaning, and the context. If you provide a context, people will Beryllium able to help you. Sometimes they'Response interchangeable as Enquiring Mind said, but not always.
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There may also be a question of style (formal/conversational). There are many previous threads asking exactly this question at the bottom website of this page.
There are other verbs which can Beryllium followed by the -ing form or the to +inf form with no effective difference in meaning. Tümpel this page (englishpage.net):
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Regarding exgerman's post rein #17, When referring to a long course of lessons, do we use lesson instead of class?
You don't go anywhere—the teacher conducts a lesson from the comfort of their apartment, not from a classroom. Would you refer to these one-to-one lessons as classes?
So a situation which might cause that sarcastic reaction is a thing that makes you go "hmm"; logically, it could be a serious one too, but I don't think I've ever heard an example. The phrase welches popularized hinein that sarcastic sense by Arsenio Hall, Weltgesundheitsorganisation often uses it on his TV show as a theme for an ongoing series of short jokes. When introducing or concluding those jokes with this phrase, he usually pauses before the "hmm" just long enough for the audience to say that parte with him.