Graduation season is upon us. While some graduates will be asking the question, “What should I do with my life?” others will be asking something a little more straightforward: Am I an alumni, alumna, alumnae, or alumnus? While we can’t tell you what the next steps on life’s journey should be, we can certainly clear up any confusion around the second question. Here’s a short explainer:
Man: alumnus
Group of men: alumni
Woman: alumna
Group of women: alumnae
Group of men and women: alumni
If you forget, just go with the standard shortening of all forms of the word: alum/alums.
To learn more about different forms of the same root word, read this post about lay/lie/laid.
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