Learn English – Appear in the exam or appear for the exam

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The following sentence is from the web :

Can I appear in the exam next August when the final year of my graduation will have commenced?

I think it should be appear for the exam in place of appear in the exam.

Am I right or are both of these phrases ok?

Best Answer

There are a bunch of problems with the sentence as proposed.

You don't "appear" either in or for an exam, you "sit" or "take" one.

"The final year of my graduation" doesn't make sense; a graduation is a thing that happens at the end of your course, it doesn't have years.

"will have commenced" is very clumsy.

I think you want something like:

Can I take the exam next August, in the final year of my degree?

or

Can I sit the exam next August, when I will be in the final year of my course?

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