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While we're on the subject:
Alumni = plural, mixed-sex or all-male graduates of a school
Alumnus = singular, male graduate of a school
Alumna = singular, female graduate of a school
Alumnae = plural, all-female graduates of a school
Alum = another word for potassium aluminum sulfate
Of all the people who have no excuse not to know this, it's college students, college graduates, and college faculty, yet they are specifically the ones who mess this up. They look like a mockery of themselves by saying "alum." Oh, the irony!
Alumni = plural, mixed-sex or all-male graduates of a school
Alumnus = singular, male graduate of a school
Alumna = singular, female graduate of a school
Alumnae = plural, all-female graduates of a school
Alum = another word for potassium aluminum sulfate
Of all the people who have no excuse not to know this, it's college students, college graduates, and college faculty, yet they are specifically the ones who mess this up. They look like a mockery of themselves by saying "alum." Oh, the irony!
