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minus-squareWaterWaiver@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago requiring a not insignificant fee to write the exam What does this mean?
minus-squareKissaki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI read it as it costs money to take the the exam. So in that sentence 1. pay tutor 2. pay for exam.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoAre you having trouble with the English or the lack of specificity regarding the amount of the fee?
minus-squarefaintwhenfree@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBe kind to strangers. Maybe he did have trouble with English.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoI am being kind and not assuming I know what they mean. I’m willing to explain the English if that’s the problem. You’re not being kind by assuming I want to insult them.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHow would you explain the English when there’s clearly an error there? We can only make a best guess as to the actual intended meaning.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago‘Write the exam’.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s British: see the University of York using the expression. For the USAians out there, it means to “take” the exam.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoTIL. My country uses British English but I’ve never heard that expression my entire life.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI think only British say “to write an exam”, for Americans and a lot of non English speakers “to take” is more common. That creates confusion.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe University of York in the UK uses it to mean that the student is being assessed and writing answers to the questions posed in the exam.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhich is what I said… Do you have issues understanding English?
What does this mean?
I read it as it costs money to take the the exam. So in that sentence 1. pay tutor 2. pay for exam.
Are you having trouble with the English or the lack of specificity regarding the amount of the fee?
Be kind to strangers. Maybe he did have trouble with English.
I am being kind and not assuming I know what they mean. I’m willing to explain the English if that’s the problem.
You’re not being kind by assuming I want to insult them.
How would you explain the English when there’s clearly an error there? We can only make a best guess as to the actual intended meaning.
Where is the error?
‘Write the exam’.
That’s British: see the University of York using the expression. For the USAians out there, it means to “take” the exam.
TIL. My country uses British English but I’ve never heard that expression my entire life.
I think only British say “to write an exam”, for Americans and a lot of non English speakers “to take” is more common. That creates confusion.
The University of York in the UK uses it to mean that the student is being assessed and writing answers to the questions posed in the exam.
Which is what I said… Do you have issues understanding English?