I have always said that someone 'graduated from' a particular school but I hear other people say 'graduated' college. Which way is correct? With or without the 'from'?
I could say, "I graduated graduate school."
AND
I could say, "I graduated from the University of Missouri at Rolla" (now, the Missouri University of Science and Technology).
It looks like the general is differentiated from the specific, but I cannot tell why.
Emmett
I choose "from —." To my ear, "graduated high school" (or college) just sounds incorrect. I don't know if it is. I'm sure someone here will know. I do know this is something I've been hearing more and more, in the past number of years. I don't remember anyone saying it when I graduated from high school. Or, when I graduated from college.
I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only one who thinks it sounds incorrect without the 'from'. I too have been hearing it more and more without the 'from' and it drives me crazy. But perhaps, both ways of saying it are acceptable. I'll be curious to hear other peoples' thoughts on this.
Speaking as an old coot, I believe "graduated college" used to be considered correct, but people took up saying "graduate from college" in my day, to be complained at by the even older geezers. That battle, it seemed, was lost; but now, as you say, "graduated college" seems to be coming back.
Me, I confess I prefer "graduated" without "from", partly because I heard it was right but mostly because no one else does it that way. I like to be different.