increase education

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:38 am

Can we say; "Should sex education be increased in schools..." Can we say something like "to increase education" ?

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:08 pm

Can you give a fuller context? It's impossible to say whether the fragments you ask about would be correct without knowing where in an utterance you want to put them.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:17 pm

"Should sex education be increased in schools in an attempt to curb problems such as teenage pregnancy ?"

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:41 pm

The grammar is fine. "Increasing education" sounds a bit vague, but native speakers often are. My response to the question would be "What do you mean by increasing education? Do you mean dedicating more time to it, starting the subject at an earlier age, teaching about contraception or what?"