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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 294917, member: 112"]Really ? Then can you please explain to me what difference there is between using a letter/number combination and a multiple letters combination. Like how is F12 & F15 any different from About Fine and Good Fine ? The same can be said of XF40 & XF45 vs About XF and Good XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether you use an adjectival grading term or a numerical grading term really makes little difference now does it ? In the US we use numbers, in Europe they use letters only more of them in some cases. Take the Fine grades for example - the Europeans use About Fine, Fine, Good Fine, Very Good or Choice Fine. They do the same with the VF grades and the XF grades. I really can't see the difference between using numbers or letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>And by the way, the Sheldon system uses PO1, PO2, AG2, AG3, G4, G6, VG8 and VG10 - all before you even get the Fine grades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 294917, member: 112"]Really ? Then can you please explain to me what difference there is between using a letter/number combination and a multiple letters combination. Like how is F12 & F15 any different from About Fine and Good Fine ? The same can be said of XF40 & XF45 vs About XF and Good XF. Whether you use an adjectival grading term or a numerical grading term really makes little difference now does it ? In the US we use numbers, in Europe they use letters only more of them in some cases. Take the Fine grades for example - the Europeans use About Fine, Fine, Good Fine, Very Good or Choice Fine. They do the same with the VF grades and the XF grades. I really can't see the difference between using numbers or letters. And by the way, the Sheldon system uses PO1, PO2, AG2, AG3, G4, G6, VG8 and VG10 - all before you even get the Fine grades.[/QUOTE]
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