The Times newspaper on Monday quoted examiner Peter Buckroyd as saying he gave a student — who wrote an expletive starting with f, followed by the word "off" — two points out of a possible 27 for an English paper."It would be wicked to give it zero because it does show some very basic skills we are looking for, like conveying some meaning and some spelling," Buckroyd was quoted as saying. "It's better than someone that doesn't write anything at all."
Buckroyd said the student would have received a higher mark if the phrase had been punctuated.
He said the expletive was used in 2006 by a student in response to the question: "Describe the room you are sitting in."
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