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Ray wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know it's proper to ask this kind of question here. But it has
> recently come to my attention that the noun phrase "courses lectured in
> English" is rather common. As a non-native speaker and learner of the
> language, I don't think it is correct. Could the native speakers of
> English among you please tell me what you think?
>
> I'd appreciate your help.
It's not grammatical, because it's the passive of "someone lectures the
course," and "lecture" is not transitive that way.
You can say "She lectured her students," but that doesn't mean that she
taught them by lecturing -- it means that she scolded them.
You can say "courses presented in English."
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