Do you graduate college or graduate from college?

 

She graduated from Harvard in 2005.

She graduated Harvard in 2005.

Harvard graduated her in 2005.

Which of these are right? To understand the answer, you need two tools at the ready: 1. an understanding of transitive vs. intransitive verbs, and 2. a dictionary.

Here's how to always find such answers for yourself. But for those who'd prefer a quick answer, here it is: the dictionary allows all of these.

 

 

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Tags: COPY EDITING, GRADUATE COLLEGE OR GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, GRAMMAR, PREPOSITIONS, TRANSITIVE VERBS

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