> Geoff, As an Englishman I judge that we English would never say 'graduate high school', (1) for 'to graduate' is an intransitive verb in English English, and (2) it is only used of graduating from the UNIVERSITY. We do not call gaining one's 'GCSE' (General Certificate of Education -- at 16) or 'A-Level' (Advanced level GCSE -- at 18) 'graduating' at all. Most secondary schools (only a minority of which are called 'high schools') hold what is called a 'Speech Day' later the following year, a day on which a visiting dignitary formally presents the GCSE and A-Level certificates and any school prizes that are offered to the students of these two different ages, who have left school at different times. Thus Speech Days have never been referred to as performing 'graduation'. Edmond Dr. Edmond Wright 3 Boathouse Court Trafalgar Road Cambridge CB4 1DU England Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~elw33 Phone [00 44] (0)1223 350256 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/