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Rule "graduate from"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: graduate from
Message: The verb 'to graduate' requires the preposition 'from'.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graduate
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He graduated Yale last June.
    Correction suggestion: graduated from
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • In 1887, Hamilton College graduates William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers purchased the Clinton Pharmaceutical company.
  • I'm now working in Houston where there is a nice conglomeration of recently graduated SMU Betas.
ID: GRADUATE_FROM [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-26 22:33:10 +0100)