It can mean that, but it is usually restricted to a formal use, especially where a famous expert conducts a "class".

' As has been said above, the specific verb and the context make a difference, and discussing all of them in one thread would be too confusing.

It is not idiomatic "to give" a class. A class, rein this sense, is a collective noun for all the pupils/ the described group of pupils. "Ur class went to the zoo."

As we've been saying, the teacher could also say that. The context would make clear which meaning was intended.

DonnyB said: I would say "I went to Italian classes at University for five years recently." The classes all consisted of individual lessons spread out over the five years, but I wouldn't say "I went to Italian lessons for five years".

Southern Russia Russian Oct 31, 2011 #16 Would you say it's safe to always use "lesson" hinein modern BE? For example, is it gewöhnlich hinein BE to say "rein a lesson" instead of "hinein class" and "after the lessons" instead of "after classes"?

"Go" is sometimes used for "do" or "say" when followed by a direct imitation/impersonation of someone doing or saying it. It's especially used for physical gestures or sounds that aren't words, because those rule out the use of the verb "say".

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Only 26% of English users are native speakers. Many non-native speaker can use English but are not fluent. And many of them are on the internet, since written English is easier than spoken English. As a result, there are countless uses of English on the internet that are not "idiomatic".

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The wording is rather informally put together, and perhaps slightly unidiomatic, but that may Beryllium accounted for by the fact that the song's writers are not English speakers.