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What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best)



 
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What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best) #1 (permalink) Sun Oct 05, 2008 15:11 pm   What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best)
 

Hi,
What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best)

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What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best) #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 05, 2008 15:15 pm   What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best)
 

Hi Nessie

The only thing that comes to mind is "the high scorer".
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What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best) #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 30, 2008 17:37 pm   What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best)
 

Hi Amy,

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The only thing that comes to mind is "the high scorer".

But there can be many high scorers, right? So what can the one whose scores is highest?

Many thanks,
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What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best) #4 (permalink) Thu Oct 30, 2008 18:48 pm   What can we call a person who come first in a test? (whose result is best)
 

Hi Nessie

I would interpret "the high scorer" to be one person -- the person with the highest score. The word "the" is important. If you used "a" instead, then I would understand "a high scorer" to simply be one of a number of people with a high score.

If I wanted to refer to the (group of) people with the highest scores, then I might say "the high scorers". Of course, I could also say "the people with the highest scores".
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