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Re: Graduated... or graduated from?

Subject: Re: Graduated... or graduated from?
From: Lou Quillio <public -at- quillio -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:14:34 -0400


Phillip St. James wrote:

Is this simply a matter of taste and style?

Definitely, and it's tricky in that _some_ ears hear _some_ forms as snooty, where others think "graduate(d)" is code for "just barely passed."

You can defuse that a little by avoiding verbal forms.

"... a graduate of Schmidlap College ..."
"... a Schmidlap College graduate ..."

Not an ideal economy of words, but "graduate(d)", the verb, is a little loaded.

LQ

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