LONDON - a british high school student received credit for writing nothing but a two-word obscenity on an exam paper because, the examiner said, the phrase expressed meaning and was spelled correctly.
the times quoted examiner peter buckroyd yesterday as saying he gave the student, who wrote an expletive starting with f, followed by the word “off,” two points out of a possible 27 for the english paper.
“it would be wicked to give it zero because it does show some very basic skills we are looking for, like conveying some meaning and some spelling,” buckroyd was quoted as saying.the expletive was written in response to the prompt: “describe the room you’re sitting in”
buckroyd said the student would have scored higher if the phrase had been punctuated.
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i hate it when people forget the punctuation behind their expletives.
but i absolutely love it when people give credit where credit is due. don’t you?
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