I’m not a native speaker. I was told that if I’m currently studying something at university I should say:
I’m majoring in [subject].
But how can I say this in the present tense but using the British read term in the sense of study? I know that if I have already finished studying something, then I should say this in the past tense:
I read [subject] at X University.
But if I'm currently studying it, should I say it this way?
I’m reading [subject] at X University.
Best Answer
As a British university graduate, I would have said "I am reading physics" if I had wanted to use that construction. In reality though, it sounds a bit pretentious except in formal contexts, day to day I was studying physics.