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      Need a little help with structure
      Submitted by shyamag on 9 November, 2011 - 08:04

      When you are writing a student report, waht is the correct thing to say:

      "The student received an A grade." or The student scored an A Grade."

      What if the case is about classifications - we have 4 levels of scores: Distinction, 1st Class, 2nd Class, etc. Then do we say "The number of students who scored a Distinction this year is ___." OR "The number of students who received Distinction this year is _."

       

      An early reply would be greatly appreciated.

      Thank you

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      russellb
      Hi Syamag.I would say that
      Submitted on 10 November, 2011 - 08:37

      Hi Syamag.

      I would say that grades are 'received' or 'given' and scoring is reserved for numerical results. Normally in conversation we would use 'get' - 'I got an A grade' - but then we would also use 'get' for numerical scores, too. Perhaps you could change 'received' to 'was given' as this just sounds better to me.

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      rubik101
      I agree with russellb. Use
      Submitted on 15 November, 2011 - 07:13

      I agree with russellb. Use the word score for a numerical value and awarded or received for the Grade. The number of students awarded (who received) an A Grade was twenty seven.