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Johnson13 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The A level

A British exam taken in a particular subject is known as A level; if such a name is used in Russia, China or Japan and the name is used to refer to the whole system of examinations instead of in a particular subject, it'll be known as Russian A level, Chinese A level, or Japanese A level. But should I use the before such names?:

eg My son did (the) Japanese A level last year and got into college.
  

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Johnson13 My son did (the) Japanese A level s last year and got into college. An A Level is in one subject. A Levels are the group.

— Blue Jay

  • Johnson13 My son did (the) Japanese A level s last year and got into college.
  • An A Level is in one subject.
  • A Levels are the group.
  • If he had taken British A Levels I would say (talking to a Brit) My son took his A Levels last year .
  • If he had taken the Japanese version I might say My son took the Japanese A Levels last year , or I might say something like My son took the Japanese version of A Levels last year , if I thought the listener might misunderstand me.
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Johnson13My son did (the) Japanese A levels last year and got into college.
An A Level is in one subject. A Levels are the group.
If he had taken British A Levels I would say (talking to a Brit) My son took his A Levels last year. If he had taken the Japanese version I might say My son took the Japanese A Levels last year,
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