Notes on usage: At / in school

 

BrE = British English | NAmE = North American English

 

In BrE somebody who is attending school is at school: I was at school with her sister. In NAmE in school is used: I have a ten-year-old in school. In school in NAmE can also mean ‘attending university’.

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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