Yeh, I realize I'm probably wrong now (Head hung ashamed) and that Tom R.
was being funny. Where I came from an A was anything between 90 - 100. If
the teacher was particularly impressed by some ungradeable aspect of the
paper you got an A+. It's likely the original poster was not rating things
by the technical ratings though, probably just trying to get across it was
in very very good shape.
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Don't be such an ass
>
>
> aimcompute wrote:
>
> > It's like receiving an A+ from a teacher in school. The highest grade
one
> > can receive is an, the + is used for emphasis.
>
> Uh, not to be sarcastic, but where I come from, an A denotes 80 to 89
> percent while an A+ is for 90 to 100%. Mint+ is like saying that mint
> can be less than perfect, therefore there is a grade above it.
>
> -Aaron
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