Which one is grammatically correct, fellow students or fellow schoolmates?
Similarly, fellow colleagues, or fellow employees?
Can anyone kindly solve this mystery?
Many thanks.
2006-12-15 03:10:29 · 10 answers · asked by ce_1169217 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Fellow students, and fellow employees are correct. The others are redundant.
A colleague is already one of your fellows, so you would not need to preface it with "fellow." Likewise with Schoolmates, which means fellow student.
2006-12-15 03:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by Mr 51 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Fellow students is correct. If you want to use schoolmates, drop the "fellow".
Similarly, use fellow employees or colleagues. Words with
"-mates" as a suffix do not need "fellow " in front of them.
2006-12-15 03:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by True Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either is grammatically correct but you would use fellow students if you were talking to people who are all students who may or may not attend the same school , use schoolmates if you all attend the same school. The same applies to colleagues or employees. Your colleagues are those who are at the same position that you are as in all Drs. are colleagues, but may not all work at the same place. Fellow employees are people who work at the same place at all levels.
2006-12-15 03:41:30 · answer #3 · answered by fancyname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fellow students when referring to the entire student body and schoolmates to those you address those you actually have class with.
Regarding the colleagues or employees, it depends on whether you are addressing people at all levels at your job or just the people you actually work with ... colleagues for everyone (including the management team), fellow employees for those you work with.
2006-12-15 03:20:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fellow students over fellow schoolmates
and fellow employees over fellow colleagues
2006-12-15 03:13:20 · answer #5 · answered by 63godtoh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fellow students, since schoolmates already implies a fellowship
2006-12-15 03:12:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that both of them are grammatically correct. It's just a matter of stylistic preference.
2006-12-15 05:09:35 · answer #7 · answered by manofgentleness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both of them are gramatically correct. but the one on the right sounds better becuase it really shows that you are at school with then. a student could be anybody.
2006-12-15 03:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by Nick A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are all correct, gramatically speaking.
Which one is appropriate? It depends on your desried tone: formal or informal.
2006-12-15 03:14:04 · answer #9 · answered by thenewbuddah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gramatically, all of them are right
2006-12-15 03:13:13 · answer #10 · answered by djleo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋