"每个学生需要上科学课。"

Translation: Every student needs to attend science class.

[ChemLoco]

"Every student needs to take science class" is wrong ❤❤❤, please learn more English Duolingo

[SmithUA01]

I feel "take" is slightly American, but then Duolingo does use American English (rather than British) as its benchmark, so yeah... ❤❤❤

[hippietrail]

As an Australian I also feel "take" is a bit American but then I also don't think "attend" is quite the same so I can't think of an adequate British or Australian equivalent. (It's a long time since I've gone to school though.)

[minecraft.vids]

What's the difference? Every student needs to take a science class or Every student needs to attend science class.

[AbunPang]

Maybe that “take” technically only refers to the act of putting that class on ones schedule but not necessarily actually going there (e.g. I can take a course but never show up and only do the final exam)? But I guess that distinction would be pretty nit-picky…

[CinnamonTe1]

You are correct and the distinction is not nit-picky. "Taking a class" only means you are registered for it or on the official roster. "Attending a class" means you are physically present at a specific time and place.

When people "take online courses" they are usually free to do coursework at any time and any location. You won't hear people say, "I'm attending an online course this semester." However, it is possible to "attend" a live online chatroom discussion from 5-6 pm on Wednesday.

[AlyciaPete]

"Every student needs to take science class." shouldn't be wrong.

[Gabrielle145359]

I can't think of a situation where that sentence would be correct. It needs the article "a".

[Gus0455413715]

Common, I wrote "all students need to attend science class" and was marked wrong.
Someone tell me the difference between "all students" and "every student"

[SmithUA01]

There are a LOT of universal replacements that need to be allowed on this course. Here, "has to" should be allowed as an alternative to "needs to".

[jdceleminm]

"All students need to attend the science class" marked wrong :(

[DestinationVoid]

"Every student has to attend science class" - rejected

[Ann55075]

it is accepted now

[daisy861473]

That's a tongue twister!

[AlisonHump8]

All students have to attend science lessons. The number of acceptable variations is endless

[PatrickLi12]

that translation is wrong english

[PatrickLi12]

... that's wrong English...

[rajul285485]

Carping

[YannickJol3]

Must should be accepted

[Theofilos420]

I put "all students must attend science class" and it came up as wrong. Would it have to be 学生都需要上科学课 to say it that way?