Choate

[ choht ]

/ tʃoʊt /

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Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.

Rufus, 1799–1859, U.S. lawyer, orator, and statesman.

QUIZZES

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

So we have a graduate of Choate or Beverly Hills High who attends Wharton, and goes to work for, say, Goldman Sachs.
Trustafarians Want to Tell You How to Live|Joel Kotkin|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of my favorite teachers at Choate, Mr. Yankus, had a similar warning against using the verb “to be” in any essay.
Anthony Grafton: How I Write|Noah Charney|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But embarrassed administrators at Choate have been in lockdown on disclosing details.
The Prep School Facebook Scandal|Lynnley Browning|November 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Don't generalize all Choate students to be in the same category as those girls.
The Prep School Facebook Scandal|Lynnley Browning|November 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Th' Hon'orable Joe Choate moved that in future wars no military band shud be considered complete without a base-dhrum.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
Clemens and Choate joined forces again, a few weeks later, at a great public meeting assembled in aid of the adult blind.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Choate and Depew and Stedman were in their prime then—we were all young men together.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
I do not know whether Mr. Choate took the second piece of advice or not; the first was quite unnecessary.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
He was sixty-three when he gave Choate the description which the latter made famous in his "Eulogy of Webster."
The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge