Any questions for a US born native English speaker?
I was born in the US in the early 80's. I graduated from a public school in 2002. I was in college for 7 years. I graduated college in 2009. I've always lived in Ohio.
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Please tell us about atmosphere of Ohio.
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Yes, thank you for the added clarification, David. The in/at distinction makes a lot of sense.
Education is one of the areas where there are quite a few differences in usage between regional variants of English. Sometimes the subtleties are not obvious, even to fellow native English speakers!
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I think "graduated from' is more standard and what I would more naturally say. You can omit the "from" in Alice' example and if you use a proper noun.
I graduated Bellevue High in 2013.
He'll graduate Ohio State next year.
I think there are subtle differences in in/at.
Where's your daughter now?
She's (away) at college. (location)
What's your daughter doing now?
She's in college studying engineering. (her status is "in college")
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You're quite welcome!
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Thank you for your quick response, Alice.
So, you can either graduate college or graduate from college, but you have to say graduate from school. And in college and at college have the same meaning.
That's useful. Thanks!
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