Alex De Kok
Eternal Optimist
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Tuition vs Tutoring
A few readers have commented on my use of the word ‘tuition’ in A Date for the Prom
In my defence, all I can say is that it is another example of ‘Two Nations divided by a common language’.
Here in the UK, my Longman’s Dictionary of the (English!) English Language defines tuition thus:
tuition n 1 teaching, instruction <he pursued his studies under private ~ > 2 chiefly N Am the fee for instruction, esp at a college or private school
It was as the first of these options that I used the word as that is how I am used to it being used. However, I am aware that the story had a US setting and I have today submitted a revised version of my tale, with a request for Laurel to substitute it for the original, using ‘tutoring’ instead of ‘tuition’.
Apologies to those of you who have no interest in this matter, but this is the only way I know to respond to anonymous feedback.
Alex
A few readers have commented on my use of the word ‘tuition’ in A Date for the Prom
In my defence, all I can say is that it is another example of ‘Two Nations divided by a common language’.
Here in the UK, my Longman’s Dictionary of the (English!) English Language defines tuition thus:
tuition n 1 teaching, instruction <he pursued his studies under private ~ > 2 chiefly N Am the fee for instruction, esp at a college or private school
It was as the first of these options that I used the word as that is how I am used to it being used. However, I am aware that the story had a US setting and I have today submitted a revised version of my tale, with a request for Laurel to substitute it for the original, using ‘tutoring’ instead of ‘tuition’.
Apologies to those of you who have no interest in this matter, but this is the only way I know to respond to anonymous feedback.
Alex
