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To: ConservativeStatement
Even though Harry Potter has graduated Hogwarts...

"Graduate" in this case in not a transitive verb. People who speak English say "graduated from..."

7 posted on 01/11/2015 11:27:20 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan
People who speak English say "graduated from..."

It is an English (the country, not just the language) way of speaking.

They also say that someone is "in hospital" rather than "in THE hospital".

12 posted on 01/11/2015 11:53:48 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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