I have been given the following sentence:
He got only passing mark.
I don't understand why it should be "pass marks" in place of "passing mark". I don't want to cram but understand. I read a thread on stackexchange about this, but at that place it was used in different context.
Best Answer
This is not grammatically correct, as there is no article (i.e "a" or "the").
Grammatically correct options would be "He got only a passing mark". A mark which was one that passed the threshold between fail and pass, as opposed to one which easily cleared the hurdle.
More commonly, He got a pass; He got only a bare pass; He passed with distinction.
He got passing grades. (Although use of passing is generally an American dialect usage).