Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. How can you make your alma mater proud? Slavic grammar God, and this language is considered „easy“ and „international“... :/ http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=21257#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=21257#Comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:59:33 GMT BetterYet grammar My workaround (and something I prefer) is to say "Jenny received her B.A. in Grammar Girlism from University of XYZ in 1908." (Or whatever degree from institution... you get da picture) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=21055#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=21055#Comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:15:34 GMT Bartek grammar I wrote it to Kattis :) (first post) Thought it was the last one, that's why. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=19500#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=19500#Comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:08:44 GMT Bartek grammar Hey, I'm from Poland (I'm not a native speaker) and I believe you should give them proper education. They may say as they want later on, however, they (your pupils) should be aware of what is correct and what's not. Btw, thanks for explaining the difference so clearly!! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=19499#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=19499#Comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:06:52 GMT Joe grammar I believe the reason for the misuse of the phrase is not due to rampant poor grammar, but rather an unclear understanding of the definition of "graduate". But first, I must take issue with one of the arguments against "I graduated college". To say that "I graduated from college" and "college graduated me" are equal in meaning is only true because "graduate" has multiple definitions. When "I graduated from college" is spoken, the definition used is "to receive a degree". Naturally, "I received a degree college" would sound awkward, even to grammar-haters. However, in "college graduated me", the definition used is "to confer a degree upon". So, while these two forms of the phrase have the same meaning, that is not true in all cases. "I escaped from prison" and "prison escaped me" have two entirely different meanings. That said, I believe that the use of "I graduated college" is said with an understanding of the word to be a synonym for "completed" or "finished". Certainly few people would cringe at the use of "I completed college" (though this is a shortened form of "I completed the requirements for graduation from college"). As has been said before, perhaps this is simply a natural evolution of a word's meaning. Can we not create a new definition for "graduate" to mean: "to receive from an authority, a formal acknowledgment of a successful completion of requirements for advancement to another stage or grade"? Yes, this post is likely full of grammatical errors. I didn't graduate college. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=19332#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=19332#Comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:49:20 GMT Susan grammar I came across your page because I found this mistake in President Obama's education speech. My mother has bristled over this one for years. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=18987#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=18987#Comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:17:19 GMT Susan grammar I came across your page because I found this mistake in President Obama's education speech. My mother has bristled over this one for years. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=18984#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=18984#Comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:57:56 GMT Natasha grammar I can't tell you how many proposals for funding I get across my desk every day that contain this awful mistake. What makes this even worse is that these organizations and programs claim to be helping students graduate FROM high school or college. It makes me extremely depressed. I've been ignoring it, but I think I must make them aware of the magnitude of the error. Thank so much for explaining it so beautifully. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=17841#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=17841#Comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:20:09 GMT susan grammar Disregard my previous posting, I now see your "grammar joke". Ha! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=17350#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=17350#Comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:07:51 GMT susan grammar Thank you grammar girl! I've been wondering about this for years. I once wrote William Safire at the NY Times about this, but he never answered. Love your explanation, but I wonder about your use of "irregardless" ("it's a lost cause irregardless...). (Webster's: non-standard usage because of two negative elements, "ir" and "less". "Regardless" is perhaps a better choice. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=17349#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx?commentid=17349#Comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:47:14 GMT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:59:33 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us