do/make/count the grades

[quietdandelion]

At the end of a semester, we have to submit students' grades to the office of academic affairs. Hence, we must do/make/count the grades within three days after the final exam.


Correct me if I am wrong, and which should I use, do, make, or count the grades? Thanks.

 

[cuchuflete]

I wouldn't use any of those. I would say,

Hence, we must calculate/determine the grades within three days after the final exam.

 

[quietdandelion]

Thanks, cuchflete.
I like your versions; they sound perfect to my ears. But if I talk to someone, could I use any one of the three that I offered?

 

[LouisaB]

Hi, quietdandelion,

I agree with cuchuflete.

However, in informal convesation you could certainly say 'do the grades' to a colleague. As an ex-teacher, I would often say (or hear) phrases like 'I can't come out tonight, I'm doing my grades', or 'How long have we got to do our grades?'

I would not use 'make', because 'make the grade' has a different and precise meaning of 'achieve the standard demanded by a particular grade'.

I wouldn't use 'count' either - unless for some reason I needed literally to 'count' the number of grades I was submitting, which (again) would have a different meaning.

Louisa

 

[quietdandelion]

Thanks, Louisa.
I get it.