Mistake of the Day: scores and points

 I was scoring essays yesterday and came across this common mistake:

• I got 23 scores on the TOEFL exam.

There are two problems here. One is that the writer means "points," not "scores." The other is that the writer means "on the TOEFL speaking section," rather than "exam. So this is correct:

• I got 23 on the TOEFL speaking section."