Dec 15, 2017 · In the U.S. and Canada, at least, the highest ranked graduate was traditionally granted the honor of giving the valediction (i.e. farewell address) at the commencement exercises, and thus the student with the highest grade point (or whatever other mechanism is used to rank the students) became known as the valedictorian.

May 4, 2020 · All three expressions (on top, on the top, and at the top) are grammatical, with different meanings. None of them collocate with become. What you mean, I think, is either will come out on top or will get to the top.

"Top of my class" is much more vague and could mean almost anything. It's sometimes possible to generalize what a certain term means in British or American English; see the British undergraduate degree classification, for example. In other cases, it's most useful to look at the definitions used by the institution of interest.

Mar 16, 2016 · This is a bad idea, because the keyboard layout in different countries is different. For example on my UK English keyboard, the locations of @ and " are swapped over compared with your picture (@ is above ' and " is above 2 on the top row). In fact, every row of keys except the top one has a different number of keys from your picture! The USA ...

Mar 17, 2025 · In AmE, an undershirt is usually a thin t-shirt or tank-top that's worn under a dress shirt. In BrE it's called a vest, but in AmE that's a part of a 4-piece suit, which is worn between the shirt and jacket. –

Apr 16, 2016 · 'At the top' implies the place is located very near the top of the hill. It might be on the top of the hill, but it might also just be close to the top of the hill, or even slightly under the surface of the top of the hill. 'On the top' implies a more precise location; the location is on the peak or top of the highest point of the hill.

May 16, 2013 · So when we say "trains leave for London on the hour", it specifies not only every hour but also the exactness of time; that is 1, 2, 3 o'clock, etc. Every hour on the hour is also correct. Even if we drop every hour, it will give the same required sense. In fact, the words "every hour" are emphatic here. At the top of the hour. I don't think ...

3. There is a lot of guidance out there, but the "rule" I've heard most often is that you spell out single

Jan 8, 2020 · An example of where at the top of X would work is if X is a building and you're talking about the roof. Things like hills and mountains would also work. On simply means "above and touching". That's typically more appropriate for objects and small areas. For example, you would say "The candle is on top of the shelf".

May 20, 2015 · Critics rated the movie 3 stars out of four (he "ranked" the movie 3 stars out of four would not sound right). The nuance between the two words is that when you 'rank' something, you give it a rank compared to other things in the same set (ranked 1st out of 30 students, or the top-ranked state for auto insurance).