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Is this an improper use of the word former? Grammar question?
Just an argument online that I'm interested in. In response to someone saying you want to hear a good joke? Someone said 'Terrelle Pryor's former college..." trying to make fun of Ohio State. The Ohio State alum said that former doesn't even make sense in that sentence. It doesn't? I thought that was how it was supposed to be used but I don't know.
Yes Terrelle Pryor went to Ohio State but he graduated. So he was trying to make fun of his old school but the guy called him out on grammar which is dumb anyway. Sorry I didn't explain more about the sports involved in the question.
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- How's My Hair?Lv 510 years agoFavorite Answer
You're right. Since 'college' is the subject of the sentence, that makes it a noun. 'Former' is an adjective meaning having previous filled a role in. Now structurally, it's correct but context-wise it may be wrong. I don't know anything about this Terelle-guy but if by former college you mean a college he attended, it would only work in the case he switched colleges. If you meant that he went to the college and graduated there, it would make it his alma mater.
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Ahh I see, well a more efficient way of saying it would say that he was a former student at the college. Or he was an alumni :]
