on or for?

[bridge78]

Do you have high notes on a subject or for a subject (as in school)?

 

[probus]

More context needed

 

[emsr2d2]

Do you have high notes on a subject or for a subject (as in school)?

The term "high notes" doesn't make any sense in relation to a school subject. "High notes" usually means the musical notes which are at the top of the register (the notes a soprano sings).

Please give us a complete sentence using the phrase so we can see how you are trying to use it.

 

[5jj]

I never had high marks in/for any subject.

Both prepositions are possible.

 

[bridge78]

So never notes in context school (i.e. the mark you get for a test)? Or is this just informal language?? And high marks/grades in/for is correct?

 

[5jj]

So never notes in the context of school (i.e. the mark you get for a test)?

No

Or is this just informal language?[STRIKE]?[/STRIKE]

No

And high marks/grades in/for is correct?

Yes

 

[probus]

This usage of notes is BrE. In AmE we get marks, never notes.

 

[5jj]

It's not BrE. We also get marks, not notes.

 

[emsr2d2]

This usage of notes is BrE. In AmE we get marks, never notes.

What gave you the idea it was BrE?

 

[probus]

My apologies. I had misread the thread and thought that someone had endorsed the use of notes as a synonym for marks.

 

[Tdol]

It's not BrE- it sounds like a translation of the term used in some Latin languages.

 

[5jj]

It's not BrE- it sounds like a translation of the term used in some Latin languages.

Note is used in German.