Re: OT: hello again (was: Test, please ignore)
| From: | Jessica Husén <husen_82@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 13:24 |
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Is it possible to say "re-exam"? Or would that
be totally wrong? In my (Swedish) ears it sounds
ok, but it's probably not. :)
/Jessica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Morgan Palaeo Associates" <morganpalaeo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: OT: hello again (was: Test, please ignore)
> Nik Taylor wrote, quoting Jessica Husén:
>
> > > Yes. Too many irons in the fire at the same time for me too, or
> > > rather, too much Chemistry and tests. Had one yesterday, Biochemistry,
> > > don't think it went too well, but I'll just do the "omtenta" (what's
the
> > > English word for that?) in January.
> >
> > If the meaning is "a test whose score replaces another lower score",
> > then it would be "make-up exam" or just "make-up"
>
> Over here, "supplementary exam".
>
> (It doesn't exactly *replace* the previous score, but that's a
technicality.)
>
> Adrian.
>