Dec 15, 2017 · In the U.S. and Canada, at least, the highest ranked graduate was traditionally granted the honor of giving the valediction (i.e. farewell address) at the commencement exercises, and thus the student with the highest grade point (or whatever other mechanism is used to rank the students) became known as the valedictorian. The second-ranked graduate was given the …

May 4, 2020 · All three expressions (on top, on the top, and at the top) are grammatical, with different meanings. None of them collocate with become. What you mean, I think, is either will come out on top or will get to the top.

You can't say "I got a 2:1 from Harvard" because American Universities don't classify degrees in the same way. Instead, you use the native description, supplemented by an explanation in English. I graduated with distinction, which put me in the top 10% of my class. At university I was placed first out of my class of 150 students.

May 16, 2013 · I was talking to my friend the other day about the airport bus timings, I was supposed to say Buses are due at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 etc. (pattern like this the whole day between say 5 am to 11...

Mar 16, 2016 · This is a bad idea, because the keyboard layout in different countries is different. For example on my UK English keyboard, the locations of @ and " are swapped over compared with your picture (@ is above ' and " is above 2 on the top row). In fact, every row of keys except the top one has a different number of keys from your picture!

Apr 16, 2016 · 'At the top' implies the place is located very near the top of the hill. It might be on the top of the hill, but it might also just be close to the top of the hill, or even slightly under the surface of the top of the hill. 'On the top' implies a more precise location; the location is on the peak or top of the highest point of the hill.

When we use words like first, second, third, fourth or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, in sentences, what will be the best way to write these? Also, what about numbers? Do we put them as numbers or numerals? ...

Jan 8, 2020 · An example of where at the top of X would work is if X is a building and you're talking about the roof. Things like hills and mountains would also work. On simply means "above and touching". That's typically more appropriate for objects and small areas. For example, you would say "The candle is on top of the shelf".

May 20, 2015 · Critics rated the movie 3 stars out of four (he "ranked" the movie 3 stars out of four would not sound right). The nuance between the two words is that when you 'rank' something, you give it a rank compared to other things in the same set (ranked 1st out of 30 students, or the top-ranked state for auto insurance).

Mar 26, 2015 · I am familiar with the phrases 'sharp' and 'on the dot' to refer to times that are at the top of the hour. But I'm wondering if native speakers of English use these phrases to refer to other times,...