Alicorn comments on Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2

Alicorn 24 Sep 2010 21:26 UTC
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I don’t think I’ve actually heard “in” used there, and it sounds awkward to me. I guess I’m just low-status. Oh well.
- komponisto 24 Sep 2010 21:36 UTC
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  I don’t think I’ve actually heard “in” used there
  
  You have, many times. Trust me.
  
  “I’m a graduate student in philosophy”.
  
  -> “I went to graduate school in philosophy”
  
  -> “Philosophy? I went to graduate school in it.”
  - gwern 24 Sep 2010 22:25 UTC
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    The Googles would seem to agree:
    
    http://www.google.com/search?q=%22graduate+school+in+philosophy%22
    http://www.google.com/search?q=%22graduate+school+for+philosophy%22