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hiroshige_kenji

Up And Coming Stuff

Apr 04, 2006 21:29

Alright so heres a short outline of important things coming up that some of you may not know ( Read more... )

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fatbuu10 April 5 2006, 02:55:00 UTC

It's matriculating at. Matriculating doesn't really evoke movement, so you would not use a movement preposition such as to or from. Of course, if you want to get really technical, I don't think you can really use matriculating there, since you are not really the one doing the matriculating, UF is. You've been matriculated, you are a matriculate, but you are not matriculating. All of this would be solved if you could just use a normal vocabulary like all other sane people.

eureeka April 5 2006, 15:17:55 UTC

You are a matriculant.

fatbuu10 April 5 2006, 20:09:47 UTC

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=matriculate

Apparently matriculate is also a noun form. I personally like matriculant, though.

hiroshige_kenji April 5 2006, 22:29:54 UTC

well its primarily used in the verb "to matriculate"

but that still doesnt answer whether one "matriculates to" or "matriculates at"

hiroshige_kenji April 7 2006, 01:49:01 UTC

"The quintet will matriculate to NU this fall for the 2005 season."

found it in a sentence. heh.

fatbuu10 April 7 2006, 02:59:17 UTC

Have you been looking for an example to prove your point this whole time?

And I personally think that since the schools are matriculating the students, it should be "matriculated by".

eureeka April 7 2006, 02:59:42 UTC

Oops. That was me.

hiroshige_kenji April 7 2006, 18:31:16 UTC

well its always nice to hear bri's ideas on how the english language should ideally function.

eureeka April 7 2006, 20:47:27 UTC

Keep that sarcasm to a minimum, please!

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