[Oberon] Grammar & language convention.

Hans Klaver hklaver at dds.nl
Thu May 9 22:13:56 CEST 2024


Hi Peter,

I think in German one would say: 'studieren an der ETH Zürich', but I suppose even a German speaking person would say in English (both British and North American E.) 'Studying at ETHZ'. 

> peter at easthope.ca wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/Introduction#Educational_Workstation
> has this sentence. 
> Oberon is used as a workstation OS in the course in System Construction at the ETHZ.
> 
> In North American English the article would be omitted. 
> Oberon is used as a workstation OS in the course in System Construction at ETHZ.
> 
> A question of grammar may be involved but I'm not a grammarian. Which 
> form is preferable in Zurich?
> 
> Thanks,                            ... P.
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