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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

" A B " STUDENT

Dear Teachers,

1. My daughter's homecoming dance is coming up.

- I've checked some dictionaries, but I really can't understand the meaning of "homecoming dance".

2. She's a freshman. She's also an "A B" student.

- What does "A B" student mean?

Thanks a lot to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
  

Top answer

I believe the origin of the homecoming dance is that "homecoming" would be an event when alumni of a school would come back for a visi. Often it would be the last home football game or the season, or something like that. Then, the evening of the homecoming, there would be a homecoming dance.

  • I believe the origin of the homecoming dance is that "homecoming" would be an event when alumni of a school would come back for a visi.
  • Often it would be the last home football game or the season, or something like that.
  • Then, the evening of the homecoming, there would be a homecoming dance.
  • It's usually in the early fall, a few weeks into the school year.
  • " This is an American tradition, but I have no idea if it exists elsewhere.
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I believe the origin of the homecoming dance is that "homecoming" would be an event when alumni of a school would come back for a visi. Often it would be the last home football game or the season, or something like that. Then, the evening of the homecoming, there would be a homecoming dance. It's usually in the early fall, a few weeks into the school year. Sometimes, there's a little beauty pagean
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Another possible meaning for "she is an A B student" is that she is working towards a Bachelor of Arts degree, which in some intstitutions is called a B.A. and in some is called an A.B. (I think it depends on whether the apbbreviation comes from the English or the Latin.) Grammar Geek's explanation is probably more likely - it's hard to tell without more context.

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