Search
Listen on:
Follow me:
Search
Listen on:
Follow me:
Home » Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

A Way with Words, a radio show and podcast about language and linguistics.

Discussion Forum (Archived)

Please consider registering
Guest
Search
Advanced Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Min search length: 3 characters / Max search length: 84 characters
Search
The forums are currently locked and only available for read only access
sp_TopicIcon
Graduation Day
Guest
1
2007/12/01 - 1:04pm
Print

In the last 5 years I have heard a number of people say something like, "He graduated High School in 2005." Where did the "from" go, as in, "He graduated from High School in 2005."

Thanks.

Guest
2
2007/12/02 - 4:47pm
Print

And what about: "He was graduated from high school in 2005"?

(Is it something you do, or something that is done to you?)

Rob
3
2007/12/06 - 2:01pm
Print

Once upon a time, it was the school that graduated the students .... ie, the University of Wisconsin graduated 1,500 students last year. If I were one of them, I would have been graduated from UW. I think over time it came to seem awkward to say either "UW graduated Rob" or "Rob was graduated from UW." So the "was" got dropped and it became "Rob graduated from UW." So now, the graduating is something the student does, not what the school does. Quite a remarkable shift over a relatively short period of time, I think.

But I think some people have some lingering sense that that's not quite right, so they drop the from and say Rob graduated UW.

Forum Timezone: UTC -7
Show Stats
Administrators:
Martha Barnette
Grant Barrett
Moderators:
Grant Barrett
Top Posters:
Newest Members:
A Conversation with Dr Astein Osei
Forum Stats:
Groups: 1
Forums: 1
Topics: 3647
Posts: 18912

 

Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 618
Members: 1268
Moderators: 1
Admins: 2
Most Users Ever Online: 1147
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 83
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)

Menu

Recent posts