to "graduate college"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/16/2012 06:43 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
>Wouldn't one expect to find "graduated high school" in greater
>numbers than "graduated college," especially before1940?

I would expect that even after 1940 there were more who graduated
high school than graduated college.

But isn't this kind of transitive form more a Britishism than an
Americanism?  If so, I like Jon am surprised it's not in the OED.

Joel

>On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> > Somebody's crazy, because I can't find this widely carped-at
> > transitive usage in OED.
> >
> > Nor has it ever been discussed here, except fleetingly.
> >
> > It's almost impossible to search for in NewspaperArchive.  I do find
> > it frequently and suddenly in GB starting just after WWII.
> >
> > JL
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