There may also Beryllium a question of style (formal/conversational). There are many previous threads asking exactly this question at the bottom of this page.

Thus to teach a class is häufig, to give a class is borderline except in the sense of giving them each a chocolate, and a class can most often be delivered in the sense I used earlier, caused to move bodily to a particular destination.

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To sum up; It is better to avert "to deliver a class" and it is best to use "to teach a class" or 'to give a class', an dem I right? Click to expand...

知乎，让每一次点击都充满意义 —— 欢迎来到知乎，发现问题背后的世界。

Southern Russia Russian Oct 31, 2011 #16 Would you say it's safe to always use "lesson" hinein modern BE? For example, is it üblich rein Beryllium to say "in a lesson" instead of "rein class" and "after the lessons" instead of "after classes"?

It can mean that, but it is usually restricted to a formal click here use, especially where a famous expert conducts a "class".

The usual British word for this is course : a course hinein business administration . Class can also mean one of the periods rein the school day when a group of students are taught: What time is your next class? British speakers also use lesson for this meaning, but American speakers do not.

Just to add a complication, I think this is another matter that depends on context. Rein most cases, and indeed in this particular example in isolation, "skiing" sounds best, but "to Schi" is used when you wish to differentiate skiing from some other activity, even if the action isn't thwarted, and especially rein a parallel construction:

知乎，让每一次点击都充满意义 —— 欢迎来到知乎，发现问题背后的世界。

I am closing this thread. If you have a particular sentence in mind, and you wonder what form to use, you are welcome to Keimzelle a thread to ask about it.

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Enquiring Mind said: Hi TLN, generally the -ing form tends to sound more idiomatic and the two forms are interchangeable, but you haven't given any context.