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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
This is a big pet peeve of mine:
If you are an XYZ, and you graduate from college, you are an XYZ alumna.
You are not an "XYZ alumn."
You are not an "XYZ alumni."
You are not an "XYZ alumnae."
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Not technically a grammar peeve - but alumnae who say "I WAS an ABC". No, you ARE an ABC. Unless you were kicked out. If that's the case, well okay. You WERE an ABC. This happens a great deal in wedding announcements.
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