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EXCLUSIVE: PUPILS FIND GRAMMAR ERRORS IN ENGLISH EXAM PAPERS

A schoolgirl has written to schools boss Michael Gove, after she spotted punctuation mistakes in a SATs exam that was meant to test her English skills.

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18 May 2013

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