freshmen vs freshman

Definitions

noun

1. a first-year undergraduate
2. any new participant in some activity

adjective

1. used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

Examples

But freshman composition, like the writing test, assumed a level of competency that few of these students had attained.

But freshman composition, like the writing test, assumed a level of competency that few of these students had attained.

I don't think we should be ruled (in stylistic matters) by teachers of Freshman Comp.

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