It's my understanding that if you're in England, you graduate high school, but if you're in the US, you graduate from high school, so as you say in your post, it's really a question of usage, not grammar. For example, in the African-American inner-city (Chicago), you do not go to prom, you go on prom. "English is a screwy language!" Geoff >From: Cynthia Baird <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: usage question >Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:53:08 -0800 > >Dear colleagues, > > A parent recently asked me a question for which I had no ready answer. >The question is actually one that I have experienced much frustration over >for several years--my high school textbooks and usage textbooks seem to >have no ready answers for acceptable preposition usage in a variety of >situations. > > The question is this: Do students graduate from high school or do they >graduate high school? > > I would love to hear from you people. > > thanks > > __________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface >at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ _________________________________________________________________ Stay up-to-date with your friends through the Windows Live Spaces friends list. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/