Eli5: In American schools, the letter grading scheme is: A,B,C,D and F. Why did it skip the letter E?

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I was wondering why the letter grading scheme is like this. Why did it skip the letter E?

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I’m guessing E represents a % that is still so low that it equates to failure.

Like in my country we get a score of 1 – 100, if you score below 40, that’s a fail.

On an A B C D E F scale, an E would be similar to scoring 30, so still a fail.

Since E and F both represent a fail, they just rolled them together.

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