The phrase "attempts to grade" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to evaluate or assess something, such as a student's work or performance.
Example: "The teacher attempts to grade the assignments fairly, taking into account each student's individual circumstances."
Alternatives: "tries to evaluate" or "makes an effort to assess".
While some competitors have introduced carbon or environmental labels, none has attempted to grade sustainability in a wider sense.
To attempt to grade or evaluate the world's inhabitants in absolute terms is to treat the universe as having a point of view the perspective of a deity or a utilitarian Ideal Observer (Williams 2006).
These studies have attempted to grade tumors based on specific criteria.
We attempted to grade TB severity by major organ site of involvement and the presence of radiographic cavitations.
In our hospital, hematologists attempted to grade the myelosuppressive properties of each chemotherapy regimen to facilitate effective communication with the oral medicine team.
However, it does not yet appear necessary to attempt to grade osteogenic sarcoma, for our collection is not yet large enough and as yet we cannot say bad, worse, worst.
This index does indeed attempt to grade the severity of erosion by assessing the degree of dentine exposure in a simple and, presumably reproducible, way as shown in Table 1.
The biological behavior of the tumor is, however unpredictable, and attempts to histologically grade the tumors have failed [ 10- 12].
Most current alert systems, both commercial and home-grown, base the grading of alerts as well as the probability of harm on lowest level of evidence expert opinion, 36 38 although there are notable recent attempts 39 to grade alerts by the strength of the evidence.
In spite of known limitations, public reporting of comparative information about the quality of health care, often derived from administrative data, is frequently put forward as an important quality improvement tool, which attempts to stimulate caregivers to grade up the provision of services and to reassure patients by demonstrating accountability [ 29- 31].
