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I did excellent on my exam. vs I did excellent in my exam. #1 (permalink) Thu May 21, 2009 17:31 pm   I did excellent on my exam. vs I did excellent in my exam.
 

Hello!
Could someone, please, check the following sentences:
'I did excellent on my exam'
'I did excellent in my exam'
Which one is correct?(or maybe they are both grammatically wrong)
Thanks in advance!
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I did excellent on my exam. vs I did excellent in my exam. #2 (permalink) Thu May 21, 2009 18:46 pm   I did excellent on my exam. vs I did excellent in my exam.
 

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Hi,

The preposition you want here is 'in' -'in my exam'. I would rewrite this as: I did excellently (very well) in my exam.

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I did excellent on my exam. vs I did excellent in my exam. #3 (permalink) Sat May 23, 2009 3:18 am   I did excellent on my exam. vs I did excellent in my exam.
 

Alan, we would say "on my exam", as would native speakers in some other parts of the world. "In my exam" sounds to me as if it means "in the process of being shut up in a room and taking an exam", rather than about the exam proper, but I suppose British usage is different.
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