“graduated high school” or “graduated from high school”?
Is it really proper to say “I graduated high school,” or should it not be, “I graduated from high school?” Previously, I thought only rednecks were able to “graduate high school.”
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wes
May 23, 2012, 2:01pm
what about "an"high school education rather than "a" high school education.
Like an horrific dream ...
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AnWulf
March 14, 2012, 11:34am
graduate
1 [no object] successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (North American) high school: he graduated from Glasgow University in 1990 http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gradua...
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Bob Bowman
March 10, 2012, 5:30pm
Publish 1950 graduating class from Davenport High School
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Cameron (unregistered)
December 1, 2011, 4:43am
Bob, your opinion is invalid based solely on the name you chose to represent yourself.
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bobbbfhsgßΩµ
August 19, 2011, 9:31am
"I graduated high school" simply sounds too stupid to be accepted as tolerable idomatic American English. "To graduate" means "to be granted an academic degree or diploma." To say: "I was granted a diploma high school" would be moronic.
I'll not accept, without a fight, dumbing down the language that badly.
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nigel
June 17, 2011, 5:46pm
I think "I graduated high school" is now so widely used as to have become correct idiomatic American English. It may depart from the usual grammatical rules, but English is full of idioms that do that.
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Jane (unregistered)
May 15, 2011, 9:09am
Oops! That should be "worse" instead of "worst".
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Jane (unregistered)
May 15, 2011, 9:04am
"I was graduated from high school/college" is the proper grammar. This was taught years ago and was an attempt to correct students from saying "I graduated from high school/college". Unfortunately, this "correction" morphed into "I graduated high school/college" which is even worst than what was originally being corrected!!!
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Gina (unregistered)
April 20, 2011, 4:55am
Shaun C, that was a good one ;-)
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Jonno Revanche
April 3, 2011, 7:06pm
I agree
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shaunc
February 21, 2011, 4:19am
Re: "February 10th, 2011 by Alyson Draper
Is it really proper to say “I graduated high school,” or should it not be, “I graduated from high school?” Previously, I thought only rednecks were able to “graduate high school.”
Actually, I do not believe a true redneck would have reason to use either expression!
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cgtay33
February 19, 2011, 7:58pm
To graduate is successfully complete an academic course—in this case, high school. In formal English, it is "graduated from high school".
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parker.sheppard
February 14, 2011, 1:18pm
Actually, the school graduates you, so it should be "I was graduated from high school."
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delores.sheppard
February 11, 2011, 4:41pm
In proper English, it should be "graduate from."
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