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"Straight A" means getting A in all the courses, right? Can it also be used in a discussion of only one course, to emphasize that a student has got the best score or that it's very hard/rare to get A in this course? Can we extend the usage to other grading systems, e.g., "straight 100"?
"Straight A" means getting A in all the courses, right? Can it also be used in a discussion of only one course, to emphasize that a student has got the best score or that it's very hard/rare to get A in this course? Can we extend the usage to other grading systems, e.g., "straight 100"?
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It’s “straight A’s” because you’re taking multiple courses and got A’s in all of them. So no, it can’t be used for only one grade/assignment/test in a course. If a student got A’s on all of the assignments/tests that they were given in a class, then I think it would be okay to say they got straight A’s in the class.
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It’s “straight A’s” because you’re taking multiple courses and got A’s in all of them. So no, it can’t be used for only one grade/assignment/test in a course. If a student got A’s on all of the assignments/tests that they were given in a class, then I think it would be okay to say they got straight A’s in the class.
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@ChinglishTeadent Oh, I must have missed your last question! But to answer it, no, you can’t extend it to other grading systems. “Straight A’s” is a fixed phrase. If a student got 100s on all assignments/tests, then you could say they got all 100s.
Also, “straight A’s” doesn’t indicate that the course is hard, it’s rare to get A’s, or that the student has the best grades. It literally just means that a student has an A in every class or on every assignment/test. However, people will probably be impressed regardless. If a student got 100s on everything, then people will definitely be impressed because that's a lot harder to achieve than simply getting all A’s.
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