Is this term correct ?

paksu · Post by **paksu** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:00 pm

There are many teacher training universities are using Normal University. Is this term correct ?

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:05 pm

Lose either there are or the second are.

I've never heard of "Normal University".

Sally Olsen · Post by **Sally Olsen** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:42 pm

We used to call the teacher's college, "Normal School". That was in the 1950's in Vancouver, Canada. I haven't heard that for a long time.

woodcutter · Post by **woodcutter** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:34 am

That's common in China too. To most native speakers however, "normal university" has no special meaning. Maybe we would say "teacher training college" or "educational university".

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:11 am

paksu wrote:There are many teacher training universities are using Normal University. Is this term correct ?

Sounds perfectly Chinglish to me!
"teacher training universities" is the subject followed by the predicate "are using" followed by "Normal University"; if "Normal University" is the object, for clarification's sake you should prefix it with "the title' or "the name", although the continuous tense would still be somewhat awkward.
In any event, you should DROP "Tthere are..." because there simply is no use for such a repetition:
"Many teacher training univerfsities are using the title "Normal University".
Better still: use the simple present tense: "...use..."

Harzer · Post by **Harzer** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:13 am

Isn't "Ecole Normale" the French term for Teacher Training College?

Harzer

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