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emgirl said:
Totally agree.. the worst to me is "I wrote the MCATS". You didn't WRITE anything unless you work for the MCAT test writing committee. You TOOK the test. I don't know why such a stupid thing bothers me but it sounds so pretentious for some reason.
Over here in Sweden where I'm abroad that say "write" for everything, you "write" a class, etc.
Its just a translation screwup, thats all
 
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emgirl said:
Totally agree.. the worst to me is "I wrote the MCATS". You didn't WRITE anything unless you work for the MCAT test writing committee. You TOOK the test. I don't know why such a stupid thing bothers me but it sounds so pretentious for some reason.
It's British English...
 
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