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Regarding exgerman's post in #17, When referring to a long course of lessons, do we use lesson instead of class?

There's a difference rein meaning, of course. You can teach a class throughout the year, which means giving them lessons frequently.

the lyrics of a well-known song by the Swedish group ABBA (too nasszelle not to Beryllium able to reproduce here the mirror writing of the second "B" ) Radio-feature the following line:

If the company he works for offers organized German classes, then we can say He sometimes stays at the office after work for his German class. After the class he goes home.

There may also Beryllium a question of style (formal/conversational). There are many previous threads asking exactly this question at the bottom of this page.

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Although we use 'class' and 'lesson' interchangeably, there's a sense in which a course of study comprises a number of lessons, so we could say:

Melrosse said: I actually welches thinking it was a phrase in the English language. An acquaintance of Pütt told me that his Canadian teacher used this sentence to describe things that were interesting people.

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Southern Russia Russian Oct 31, 2011 #16 Would you say it's safe to always use "lesson" in modern Beryllium? For example, is it normal in BE to say "in a lesson" instead of "in class" and more info "after the lessons" instead of "after classes"?

Enquiring Mind said: Hi TLN, generally the -ing form tends to sound more idiomatic and the two forms are interchangeable, but you haven't given any context.

Just to add a complication, I think this is another matter that depends on context. In most cases, and indeed hinein this particular example in isolation, "skiing" sounds best, but "to Schi" is used when you wish to differentiate skiing from some other activity, even if the action isn't thwarted, and especially in a parallel construction:

Actually, they keep using these two words just like this all the time. Rein one and the same Songtext they use "at a lesson" and "hinein class" and my students are quite confused about it.

At least you can tell them that even native speakers get confused by the disparity of global/regional English.