The phrase "a grade when" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in contexts discussing conditions or criteria for receiving a grade, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "I will receive a grade when I complete all the assignments."
Alternatives: "a score when" or "a mark when".
Cleland – who is expected to receive straight A grades when his A-level results are released tomorrow – eventually managed to get the girl to agree to meet him on a secluded lane on April 21 of this year.
The situation is so serious that the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference – which represents 275 of the UK's leading independent schools – have written to university admissions officers urging them not to place to place too much emphasis on getting an A or A* grade when offering a place.
Thirty-nine statearnedned a failing grade when judged by a list of criteria from the Department of Health and Human Services and on the strength of their tobacco control policies.
Explaining this to my parents, on the other hand, was much more difficult and painstaking as they did not see how a professor could give a lower grade when all the material was present.
According to a 2009 study, adults earned only a C grade when their financial acumen was assessed, little better than high school students, who mainly received failing grades.
Furthermore a majority of Americans now give police a poor grade when it comes to treating people of color equally.
But according to survey results released yesterday, respondents gave a C grade when asked if announcements in stations on the line were easy to hear, and a C-minus when asked if the announcements were informative.
In recent years there has been a sharp increase in the number of requests for re-marks and Ofqual believes too many students have been getting extra marks, and possibly a higher grade, when the original mark was "perfectly appropriate".
