I just got this cross my mind.
I want to use this to express I just remember something. Wonder if it's grammatically correct and stuff.
I want to use this to express I just remember something. Wonder if it's grammatically correct and stuff.
Does it sound right?
You can say "This just crossed my mind.", but that doesn't necessarily mean you recalled it from memory. It could mean that it was a new idea you just came up with as well.
I got another question.
Can I say, to get a good mark requires me to work hard, or do I have to put 'it' there so it would be to get a good mark, it requires me to work hard. I'd like to keep 'to do something' form over 'doing something'. So how can I make it right?
Can I say, to get a good mark requires me to work hard, or do I have to put 'it' there so it would be to get a good mark, it requires me to work hard. I'd like to keep 'to do something' form over 'doing something'. So how can I make it right?
No, you don't need "it". In fact, "it" would make it less grammatically correct.
By "mark", do you mean "grade"?
If so, I would say "Getting good grades requires hard work."
If so, I would say "Getting good grades requires hard work."
In some countries marks are used instead of grades.
They don't use ABCD, but figures like 100 which is the highest.
They don't use ABCD, but figures like 100 which is the highest.
"Mark" and "grade" mean the same thing. It's just that "grade" is what's used in the United States.
"In some countries marks are used instead of grades.
They don't use ABCD, but figures like 100 which is the highest."
agreed.
You also forgot the grade that I happen to get the most: F
;o)
They don't use ABCD, but figures like 100 which is the highest."
agreed.
You also forgot the grade that I happen to get the most: F
;o)
Mark and grade are not the same thing. First your paper is marked, say 15 out of 20, which gives you a percentage, in this case 75%, then marks/percentages are graded to ABC et cetera. If you managed to get 19 marks, you achieved 95%, and so you were graded within the A band.
In California, where I live, a grade can mean a letter or a number, and we don't use "mark" at all. So, I don't know where you got that from, but that's not the way it is around here.
Well, you might grade an exam paper overall but where there's only one correct answer for a question, it's marked right or wrong.
Of course we use it as a verb (e.g. "Number 1 got marked wrong.") (past participle in that case), but never as a noun. No one ever says "What mark did you get on that paper?" It's simply not used here. We would say "What grade did you get on that paper?" Either "95%" or "A" could be used as an answer, though "A" would be more common. To ask for "95%" specifically, you would say "What percentage did you get?", never "What mark did you get?"