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Mary stood out #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 17, 2005 17:48 pm   Mary stood out		  
Test No. express/elem-1 "Adding Up", question 2

All the sudents got high marks in the test but Mary stood out.

(a) got a lot of marks
(b) got higher marks than someone
(c) got very good marks
(d) got the most marks of all

Test No. express/elem-1 "Adding Up", answer 2

All the sudents got high marks in the test but Mary got the most marks of all.

Correct answer: (d) got the most marks of all

Your answer was: incorrect
All the sudents got high marks in the test but Mary got very good marks.
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it is still not clear for me, shouldn't it be she has got the best marks of all.
The most marks means that not everybody gets marks?
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She got the most marks of all #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 21, 2005 19:53 pm   She got the most marks of all		  
If Mary got the most marks, she got more marks than anyone else which means that she was the best.
Please, take a look at these explanations too:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic1015.html#3510
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic2257.html#6164

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