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Apr 2, 2014 · In fact, sinkya, Florentia's point applies not only to "major in ...", but also to most other verbs. "I'm ...ing" (present continuous) usually refers to what someone is doing at the moment; whereas "I ..." (simple present) is usually for what someone does habitually, or for a state (rather than an action): - I'm speaking English. (now) - I ...
Dec 1, 2015 · The superlatives are "most major" and "least minor" - albeit pretty unusual. From the British National Corpus (BNC): "Like other monarchs through history, Charles took the course of letting another take the most major step on his behalf; if it went wrong he could repudiate it, if it went well then it was obviously a wise action for all."
Nov 20, 2005 · A major storm could be equally as violent, but is unlikely to be localized. Similarly, "a severe artillery bombardment" and "a major artillery bombardment" suggest different things. A severe bombardment could be aimed at a single target or group of targets, whereas a major bombardment would have a wider scope, although it could be equally as severe for the recipients.
May 17, 2012 · English - US. May 17, 2012. #6. Welcome to the forum, Elena! I'd say that if you are pursuing the two fields equally, "my majors are linguistics and IT" would be fine, as would "I'm majoring in linguistics and IT". If one is your major pursuit and you're devoting less time to the other, you could say, "my major is linguistics, my minor IT".
Aug 25, 2013 · Aug 25, 2013. #1. Hello, I’ve noticed that in the USA people use the word „major“ to refer to the academic discipline that they study at university and that they want to get a degree in. From films and TV series I know that normally American students can choose their major after beginning their studies. But is the word „major“ also ...
Mar 22, 2013 · Absolutely correct. My answer was incomplete. An article is required only when a countable noun is used in the singular. A number (including the number "one") can replace it, or, as in Packard's example, can be left off the plural if we don't want to say how many majors the person graduated with. In this case it's obvious that there were two.
Oct 17, 2020 · Oct 31, 2020. #4. 'I was a film major' is perfectly fine when you have already graduated and are talking about when you were an undergraduate in college. It would also be okay to say if you are still an undergrad but talking about an earlier major: "I was a film major until my junior year; now I'm majoring in English. L.
May 29, 2013 · My major is/was. Thread starter westwind; Start date May 29, 2013; W. westwind Senior Member. Chinese May 29, 2013 #1 I graduated years ago, can I ...
Sep 13, 2006 · Sep 13, 2006. #2. The BA is the type of degree you are working on - a Bachelor of Arts. Your major is the subject area in which your degree will be given. I have a B.A. in Journalism. I'm working on a B.A. in Linguistics. (I'm majoring in Journalism). Susan is getting her Bachelor's in Computer Science.
Jul 16, 2018 · Silverobama said: It is correct but not very common, though. We tend to use "I major in Science", I'm an English major to mean the thing which is happening, like "I live in Shenzhen" not "I'm not living Shenzhen". WyomingSue said: In the US the continuous form would be most common. "I major in science" would not sound like a native speaker.
