Prepositions 'AT' or 'IN' University? | Learn English | Go Natural English

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Now, in this episode, I have a question
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from an English learner who is going
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to study at a university in the United States.
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He asked me, Gabby, which is actually
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the correct preposition to use when I talk
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about where I'm going to study?
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Is it "at" university or "in" university?
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So this is a very important question,
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because if you're telling people what you're doing in the United
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States, you should be able to say it correctly,
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especially if you're going to study at a university.
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So I think you probably heard the answer right there.
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The correct answer is "at" a university,
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or you can say the name of the university--
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I'm going to study at Harvard.
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I'm going to study at UCLA.
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I'm going to study at-- insert the name of the university
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where you will study.
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Now, I want to explain why this is so confusing, because there
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are some instances where you would
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say "in" plus "university."
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So let's dig a little deeper.
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Let me explain.
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So we say "in" for departments.
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So, for example, I'm studying at UCLA in the art department,
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for example.
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Or I'm studying at University of Texas
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at Austin in the engineering department.
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So for departments, we use "in."
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We also use "in" for majors-- I'm majoring in engineering.
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I'm majoring in arts, I'm majoring in science, and so on.
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Now, one other really interesting use of "in"
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is when we're talking about our memories.
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So when we want to talk about the period of time
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when we were in university-- like, now, I've graduated.
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I did my master's in teaching English as a second language.
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That's why I'm here with you.
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And I want to tell you about my memories
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when I was in university, I made some really good friends.
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I did a lot of cool stuff.
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But I won't go on about that.
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I want to tell you, use the proposition
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"in" to talk about the period of time.
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When I was in university, I joined the soccer club.
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When I was in university, I was really
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stressed out, because there were a lot of assignments.
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I But when I was in university, I
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didn't realize it at the time, but it was one
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of the best times of my life.
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So if you are going to study at a university,
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I wish you good luck.
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I want you to use the correct prepositions.
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I hope this episode helped.
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