As a rule yes, but not always
Posted By: Hoku on 2008-02-03
In Reply to: jGrade is arabic such as grade 1, and stages are Roman numerals. - pc
Subject: As a rule yes, but not always
I find way too many exceptions to that rule so I always look them all up the first time and add them to my ever-growing list. I wish there was a list out there somewhere with most of them already catagorized for us. 
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