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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The last exam

1. The AL (A-level) exam is the name of the entire exam system, not that of a subject, etc.; if this system were to be replaced by another, how would we refer to this last time of the exam?:

-Those who took the last AL would not be able to sit the exam a second time.

The bold words don't sound right, because it sounds like a particular subject's exam that was held on a certain day.
  

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OttoJ The bold words don't sound right They sound all right to me if the reader knows what 'AL' means. However, for clarity, I suggest: Those who took the last version of the AL would not be able to sit the exam a second time. OR Those who took the AL would not be able to sit the exam a second time.

— Mister Micawber

  • OttoJ The bold words don't sound right They sound all right to me if the reader knows what 'AL' means.
  • However, for clarity, I suggest: Those who took the last version of the AL would not be able to sit the exam a second time.
  • OR Those who took the AL would not be able to sit the exam a second time.
  • —depending on what the new one is called.
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OttoJThe bold words don't sound right
They sound all right to me if the reader knows what 'AL' means. However, for clarity, I suggest:

Those who took the last version of the AL would not be able to sit the exam a second time.
OR
Those who took the AL would not be able to sit the exam a second time.

—depend
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When I lived in England and did this exam (years ago), we all said eg We are doing our A-levels'.
We never used the abbreviation 'AL'.

Clive
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