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Discover LudwigThe phrase "decent grades" is correct and can be used in written English
You can use it when speaking or writing about a student's academic performance; for example, "John is a smart student who consistently earns decent grades."
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She also perceived herself to be doing poorly, despite getting decent grades.
I gained decent grades at O level mainly because of my memory skills.
Then he figured something out: Without decent grades, there was no path to college.
If those five decent grades included maths and English, however, only 44% of pupils managed to do that well.
*** Somehow I got decent grades at A-level and in 1992 went to Leeds University to study French and English.
For once schools are not to blame: almost 60% of mostly 16-year-olds passed GCSE maths with decent grades in 2011, up from 50% in 2003.
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Get decent enough grades that you will be able to do the career of your choice.
History GCSE in 2012 demands a range of skills which need to be artfully synthesised to attain a decent grade.
My degree in French and Spanish – despite being a decent grade from a good university – is not worth the paper it's written on.
Having a decent grade in a law degree could be what gives you the edge, no matter what job you're applying for.
Irked that so many pupils have been steered into easy-to-pass subjects, Mr Gove has created a new measure of school success: the proportion of pupils gaining a decent grade in five traditional subjects.
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