Is this sentence right? My college is ill today,so he asked me to help him to go to work. I say" I will go to work as a substitute of my college" Is it right? are there any kind of expressions? Thank

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Is this sentence right? My college is ill today,so he asked me to help him to go to work. I say" I will go to work as a substitute of my college" Is it right? are there any kind of expressions? Thank you.

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I will go to work as a substitute for my colleague. In English we often use the phrasal verb 'stand in' in the place of 'substitute' (though never when talking about sport) so you could say 'I'll be working as a stand in for my colleague'

I think the word you are looking for is "colleague" not "college" (a college is a place of a certain level of education) Are you trying to say you will help your friend go to work or that you will go instead of him? Good attempt :)

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