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increase education
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:38 am
by Gabriel
Can we say; "Should sex education be increased in schools..." Can we say something like "to increase education" ?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:08 pm
by lolwhites
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:17 pm
by Gabriel
"Should sex education be increased in schools in an attempt to curb problems such as teenage pregnancy ?"
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:41 pm
by lolwhites
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?"