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we met in school vs we met in school.

Both "we met in school" and "we met in school." are correct, but they differ in punctuation. The first one is without a period at the end, while the second one includes a period. The choice between using a period or not depends on the context and style preferences.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 1101 views

we met in school

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is a simple statement indicating the location where two people met. It does not require a period at the end.

Examples:

  • We met in school and became good friends.
  • They met in school and started a band together.
  • Feb 23, 2018 ... We met in school. Are both options correct? I think the first is fine and the other is OK if we mean the buiding itself. Am I right?
  • Feb 17, 2019 ... Are you running at 3% like the young girl we met in school? (Or how to look after yourself a little better this year) This week's "Coffee with ...
  • Mar 25, 2022 ... I Remember when we met in school , i was a complete nerd and old fashioned and you are quite opposite highly fashionable , smart yet calm and ...
  • We met in school. He was in 7th grade, and I was in the 9th. We even rode the school bus together. Just two seats away. <3. 8 yrs. 2. Patti Kilpatrick. My mom ...
  • Jan 6, 2010 ... I wished that I could tell people that we met in school, or through family friends. I felt like I needed to come up with a go-to script. And ...
  • Sep 11, 2024 ... Maeve and I have been best friends since first grade when we met in school. We both started circus at the New England Center for Circus Arts ...
  • May 30, 2019 ... ​ My wife and I attended the same school in Miami, Florida, but that's not how we met. In school, we really didn't know each other. We ...
  • Apr 25, 2021 ... [TWINKIDS]: We met in school at Oberlin College in Ohio and we actually were singing in the same acapella group - for a while, we didn't ...
  • Jul 16, 2024 ... We met in school, hung out, graduated together, lost touch but then reconnected here and there over the years as if we had just seen each ...
  • Lost touch many years ago. Only recently found out she's gone. We were the best of friends and I've loved her ever since we met in school.

we met in school.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also a statement about where two people met, but it includes a period at the end. The period can be used for emphasis or to indicate the end of a sentence.

Examples:

  • We met in school. It was a chance encounter.
  • They met in school. Little did they know it would change their lives.
  • I think it's 'cause they met in high school.
  • Raymond and I met in high school.
  • Little Mitchard, the passionate wunderkind I met in law school.
  • My parents met in school, too.
  • The boy I met at school.
  • A gorgeous guy I met at school.
  • You'll marry Ilaria, because the ones like you always marry the one they met in primary school.
  • The boy I met at school. I liked him.
  • They said they met at art school.
  • Look, I met someone at school.
  • This is somebody that I met at your school.
  • Martland also met Johanna at school.
  • Maybe my cousin met her at school.
  • We met at the school auction.
  • I met Marcus in traffic school.
  • I'd met him in night school.
  • I met you in high school.
  • I met Marshall in law school.
  • I'd never met her at high school.
  • I... was just telling Karen about this guy I met at Lucy's school.

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