Most of the appeals about marks were about English papers - especially the writing task.

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In particular the assessor's emails focus on the raising of the grade C boundary on the lower tier English exam paper by 10 marks between January and June.

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It bears all the marks of the analytical tradition in philosophical thinking of the English-speaking world.

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Starting with Bank of Scotland's operation of payment cards for Marks and Spencer, a retail chain, they have shattered the old convention that English and Scottish banks did not compete on each other's turf.

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Specific marks are being allocated for good spelling, punctuation and grammar - a change that affects exams in English literature, geography, history and religious studies taken since January this year.

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The English Sats paper has attracted criticism in the past - and generally accounts for most of the requests for re-marks.

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