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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a schoolboy named" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a character or person in a narrative or descriptive context.
Example: "There was a schoolboy named Tim who always excelled in his studies."
Alternatives: "a boy called" or "a student named".
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Both films center on a schoolboy named Bjorn, and both are lightly comic in tone.
Six years earlier, a schoolboy named Terry Landon vanished without a trace, and the people of Crawford haven't stopped talking about him.
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