英式英文用 at school,美式則多用 in school,意思沒有分別,例如: I never did well in school/ at school(我在學校的時候,成績向來不好)。讀者示下那一句,無論是用 in或 at,都是「我上夜校學英文」的意思。
留意 school一字,英式英文指小學、中學,美式則可兼指大學。所以「他仍在中學/大學讀書」,美式英文都可以譯做 He is still in school,英式英文則會分開說 He is still at school/ at university。