tallwoodsca Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Dh thinks so. Look at the sentence below and tell us what you think. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamjclinton/ 5th paragraph down, 1st sentence >>Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. << ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Yes, it is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hmmm, I'm not so sure. It seems to me, after reading the following definitions from dictionary.com, that it should have been written either "Clinton graduated from Georgetown", or "Georgetown graduated Clinton", or possibly "Clinton was graduated BY Georgetown", not "WAS graduated FROM Georgetown". Graduate (From Dictionary.com -- only listing relevant definitions) –verb (used without object) 6. to receive a degree or diploma on completing a course of study (often fol. by from): She graduated from college in 1985. –verb (used with object) 8. to confer a degree upon, or to grant a diploma to, at the close of a course of study, as in a university, college, or school: Cornell graduated eighty students with honors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 :iagree: If the school is doing the action (XYZ graduated him) as implied by "was graduated" the correct preposition is "by". If the subject is doing the action, the writer shouldn't use the passive form (was graduated) and should use "from". This is, at best, very awkward writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallwoodsca Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thank you for answering. I meant to say in my post that dh doesn't think the sentence was correct. Thanks again! I'll let him know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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