J Harvey asked Peter Cawdron:

I just finished Artifact, which I greatly enjoyed. Being an American, I found something that took me out of the story a little (for a moment). When O'Connor is at Oxford talking about "2 + 2 = ?" and he said (paraphrased) "You wouldn't get full marks if you just answered '4'". American's don't use "full marks", we use "full credit". "Full marks" sounds very odd to us. Just wanted to let you know.

Peter Cawdron Hi, I actually had a discussion about this with several US beta-readers and we debated whether it was better to use marks or credits. The pendulum swung both ways, but in the end it was agreed that marks would be true of homework or an exam, while credits would be toward the end-of-year report or a degree. Also, there seemed to be some difference between readers in different parts of the country (northwest didn't mind using marks. South preferred credits).

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