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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Determining usage with graduate
Can you suggest a test I can ask myself to determine whether I've used graduate or graduated correctly other than to examine whether I am using a transitive or intransitive term.
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Both verb forms are used intransitively: I will graduate tomorrow. He graduated from high school in June. Have you graduated yet?
- Both verb forms are used intransitively: I will graduate tomorrow.
- He graduated from high school in June.
- Have you graduated yet?
- Or transitively: The school will graduate him, even though he failed his senior English class.
- The school has graduated him, even though he failed his senior English class.
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Both verb forms are used intransitively:
I will graduate tomorrow.
He graduated from high school in June.
Have you graduated yet?
Or transitively:
The school will graduate him, even though he failed his senior English class.
The school has graduated him, even though he failed his senior English class.
Graduate is a regular verb. You use the base form, the
I will graduate tomorrow.
He graduated from high school in June.
Have you graduated yet?
Or transitively:
The school will graduate him, even though he failed his senior English class.
The school has graduated him, even though he failed his senior English class.
Graduate is a regular verb. You use the base form, the
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