We met in my sixth grade vs We met in my sixth year

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'We met in my sixth grade' is used when referring to a specific grade level in school, while 'We met in my sixth year' is used when referring to a year of a program, course, or any other period of time.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 548 views

We met in my sixth grade

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific grade level in school.

This phrase is used to indicate the grade level at which the meeting took place, typically in a school setting.

Examples:

We met in my sixth grade, and we've been friends ever since.
I remember when we first met in my sixth grade math class.

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I met him in sixth grade.
I graduated top two-thirds of my sixth grade class.
I wore this to my sixth grade graduation.
You sound like my sixth grade teacher.
Mrs. Stojak, my sixth-grade history teacher.
She was my sixth grade teacher.
I mean, for my sixth-grade talent show, I sang a medley from Grease. Including the Sandy numbers.
I won my sixth grade spelling bee.
My sixth-grade teacher used to do that.
Last time I was at a holiday party sober was at my sixth grade snowflake play.
This is the only thing I had that fit. I wore this to my sixth grade is divine.
Every time my sixth grade class was on a field trip.
Mr President, I am now in my sixth year in the European Parliament, and although I do not want to lecture anyone, good manners dictate that on this key matter it is necessary to seek the opinion of the rapporteur.
I wore this to my sixth grade graduation.
We met in Karachi last April exactly.
We met in Green Haven prison.
When we met in Saint Jean, said nothing of the pilgrimage.
Perhaps we met in another life.
How we met in the infirmary in Tsaritsyn...
This fella we met in a bar.

Alternatives:

We met when I was in sixth grade
We met during my sixth year of school

We met in my sixth year

This phrase is correct and used when referring to a year of a program, course, or any other period of time.

This phrase is used to specify the particular year within a program, course, or any other period of time when the meeting occurred.

Examples:

We met in my sixth year of medical school.
I remember when we first met in my sixth year of working at the company.

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Mr President, I am now in my sixth year in the European Parliament, and although I do not want to lecture anyone, good manners dictate that on this key matter it is necessary to seek the opinion of the rapporteur.
We met in Karachi last April exactly.
We met in Green Haven prison.
When we met in Saint Jean, said nothing of the pilgrimage.
Perhaps we met in another life.
How we met in the infirmary in Tsaritsyn...
This fella we met in a bar.
We met in St. Barths.
So we met in the library.
And we met in Soul Cycle class.
We met in a rhetoric course.
Especially since we met in a Chinese restaurant.
We met in a bowling alley.
We met in Haiti about a year after you kidnapped me.
We met in London four years ago.
We met in the strangest way.
We met in Paris a few months back.
No. We met in Shanghai yesterday.
We met in London and traveled together from there.
Like the first time we met in the stairwell, smiling brightly.

Alternatives:

We met in the sixth year of my program
We met during my sixth year in the job

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We met in my sixth grade vs We met in my sixth year