I graduated last year vs last year, i graduated

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. The difference lies in the emphasis placed on the timing of the action. 'I graduated last year' emphasizes the action of graduating, while 'Last year, I graduated' emphasizes the timing of the graduation.

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I graduated last year

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to convey the fact that the speaker graduated in the previous year.

Examples:

I graduated last year and now I'm looking for a job.
She told me she graduated last year.
Did you know that he graduated last year?
They celebrated their son's graduation last year.
The school organized a graduation ceremony last year.

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I graduated last year
See, I graduated last year with rather mediocre marks, which means I can't get into any university worth the price of admission.
I graduated last year.
I graduated last year.
Ex. I graduated Harvard last year.
I graduated university last year, Bachelor and MA Degree in Political Sciences.
I graduated in literature last year.
My name is Carlo Barozzi, I graduated in law last year.
I graduated from high school last year and since then, i have been taking care of my nephew while studying courses in maritime ship brokers.
My name is Sinead, I am 18 years old and I live in a small country town in the south west of Western Australia called Bridgetown. I graduated high school last year
My name is Roxana, I am 25 y.o and I am from Romania. I graduated university last year, Bachelor and MA Degree in Political Sciences.
The guy I knew at Carlton that did 'em graduated last year.
We can't compete with Throat Explosion anymore at that level because we lost our biggest Gaga when Kurt graduated last year.
A load that will be reduced after London: She graduated last year at high school Muratori of Modena with honors and this year she enrolled in Psychology at the University of Cesena.
You haven't worked since we graduated last year
Five of them who graduated last year with honors the presidency of the council will donate a subscription for the theater season of the City.
WoodConcrete chair Oct 032013, 2:30 pm Judit Huszar Anita Boldog graduated last year with an innovative idea of floating islands [...]
The university graduated 500 students last year.
That girl whose picture you're staring at, she's been working for them since she graduated college last year.
He would have graduated high school last year.
With all due respect, your fiancee graduated high school last year.

Alternatives:

I graduated the previous year.
I completed my studies last year.
I finished school last year.
I received my diploma last year.
I got my degree last year.

last year, i graduated

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to emphasize the timing of the graduation, placing 'last year' at the beginning of the sentence.

Examples:

Last year, I graduated from college.
Last year, I graduated with honors.
Last year, I graduated from high school.
Last year, I graduated from university.
Last year, I graduated with a degree in Economics.

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last year, i graduated
Last year I graduated from Minsk state linguistic university.
I graduated in literature last year.
Ex. I graduated Harvard last year.
I graduated university last year, Bachelor and MA Degree in Political Sciences.
I left my air conditioner here last year when I graduated.
My name is Carlo Barozzi, I graduated in law last year.
See, I graduated last year with rather mediocre marks, which means I can't get into any university worth the price of admission.
I graduated from the Royal Northern last year with a 2:1, which qualifies me for nothing.
I graduated from high school last year and since then, i have been taking care of my nephew while studying courses in maritime ship brokers.
My name is Sinead, I am 18 years old and I live in a small country town in the south west of Western Australia called Bridgetown. I graduated high school last year
The university graduated 500 students last year.
My name is Roxana, I am 25 y.o and I am from Romania. I graduated university last year, Bachelor and MA Degree in Political Sciences.
She graduated from The Art Institute out here last year.
The guy I knew at Carlton that did 'em graduated last year.
He would have graduated high school last year.
He graduated from agriculture college last year.
With all due respect, your fiancee graduated high school last year.
Helen graduated from high school last year.
And that number is really powerful, because last year we only graduated 7,500 women in computer science.
Last year we graduated 5 1.

Alternatives:

I graduated last year.
I completed my studies last year.
I finished school last year.
I received my diploma last year.
I got my degree last year.

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