Final Grade or Final Grades
I've been confused by this question for a long time, we have some professors from overseas, some of them use final grade yet some other use final grades, so when we want to say the final grade(s) for all the students in a class, which should I use? Since it's like A+, B- this kind of grade (s), we would not discuss about some other expressions here.

Thanks very much.

Question

Final Grade or Final Grades
I've been confused by this question for a long time, we have some professors from overseas, some of them use final grade yet some other use final grades, so when we want to say the final grade(s) for all the students in a class, which should I use? Since it's like A+, B- this kind of grade (s), we would not discuss about some other expressions here.

Thanks very much.

Answer

If I understand what you're asking correctly, I think it would be final grades. Usually, a professor would use final grade to refer to a single student's grade. /Example: This is your final grade./ But you would use final grades for multiple students. /Example: The final grades for the class have been posted./ Otherwise, you would only use final grades for a single student if you were talking about multiple classes. /Example: I received my final grades for all of my classes./