a few questions on sentences

1.
I prefer to use “different “
Different (adjective) = not the same
Diverse (adjective) = very different from each other; It also means “including people from different culture and race"

"diverse countries" more or less means countries with different culture and race
U.S., Russia, Spain, China, India, Iran, Israel, Nigeria, (diverse countries)
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland (You can say different countries, but not diverse countries)

diverse culture, diverse population, diverse community, diverse workforce

2.
”graduating” is correct.
Students graduating from international schools = Students who graduated from international schools
"graduating from international schools" is a present participial phrase

"graduated" can be used as a past tense or past participle of the verb "graduate"
If "graduated" is a past tense, you end up the sentence with two main verbs “graduated” and “may be”.
The sentence is grammatically wrong.
If graduated is a past participle, "Students graduated from international schools" means “Students who were graduated from international schools”
Very few people say it in that way.

3.
Liable means “likely to occur”, often based on past experience. It is better used to indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence.
In another sense, liable can refer to legal responsibility.
It refers to negative event as a general probability.
很少用 less liable to, 不同 more liable to (comparative), 用 adverbs, 用 strictly, potentially, fully, personally or legally

We can use “likely” in the sense ‘probably’.
Likely is often preceded by ‘“more’, ‘most’, ‘very’, ‘less’, ‘least’ in British English

句子甚至不用 liable to, 句子也是怪怪地, usage problem

2013-09-24 10:56:06 補充：
To 回答者:Miss So 蘇老師
No offence

Represent a completed action, 應該用 having graduated

a retired teacher
retired 是 adjective, 不是 past participle
retired (adjective) means 'having retired from work'
Another example:
I am tired.
tired 是 adjective, 不是 past participle

2013-09-25 04:21:52 補充：
Only in American English:
"graduate" is used as a transitive verb. 【美】准予...畢業
Mary was graduated from Oxford. ~ Yahoo Dictionary
I always wonder how you change this passive voice to active voice.
Oxford graduated Mary ??

2013-09-25 04:32:11 補充：
Both British and American English
"graduate" is used as an intransitive verb – no object

Examples:
Kate graduated from medical school last year. ~ Longman Dictionary.
She graduated from Harvard this year. ~ Oxford Dictionary.
He graduated from the university last June. ~ Merriam Webster Dict.

2013-09-25 04:36:16 補充：
graduate (intransitive verb) vs. graduate (transitive verb)

“The intransitive is currently the most common, the new transitive the least common.’

Excerpt from:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graduate:

2013-09-27 02:18:36 補充：
“Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Post-graduation Work Permit Program provides Canadian work experience to eligible foreign students graduating from a participating Canadian post-secondary institution.”

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/foreign_workers/higher_skilled/students/index.shtml

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You can’t expect too detail of an answer: 1.What are the differences between different and diverse?
‘Children coming from diverse countries sit together’ what’s wrong with this sentence? Should I use diverse or different in this sentence?

Use “different” in this sentence because diverse means variety or composition of different by nature. “Different” is used for things of many in the same nature.用文解釋:diverse是用於標籤不同類別的東西的 – 例如自然界的物種species會用diverse，或文化culture會用diverse，因為它們/他們本身的類別/性質設定是不同的；但如果類別是相同，而只是當中有分別時，英文要用different而不是diverse，例如人/人種people是有不同來源但只會用different來形容世上不同的人類，但各種不同人類而構成的不同文化卻會用/可以用diverse culture來形容；國家是一種社會政治類別，不同的國家只是因為地理邊界和政治等內容不同，但「國家」這概念或定義是有相同共識的，因此只會different countries這形容「不同的國家」而不是diverse countries「不同種類/不同類別國家」。

2.Students graduating/ graduated(?) from international schools may be less competitive in default of strong foundation in Chinese.
graduated or graduating, which one is correct? Why?

Graduated.
+ing作present particple會用於形容名詞的本性/特性(或某種現存狀況)。在這句中畢業不是形容他們的本性/特性，而是在時空中的一個情節，所以用past participle作為形容詞才是正確描述這些學生的性質是「畢業了的」。
全句還可以理解為Students who are graduated from international schools may be less…這句的graduated本身詞性便是past participle.

3.Materialism is less liable to happen among students in conventional schools. What’s wrong with the use of ‘liable’ in this sentence?

liable是(法理上)要負上責任的意思。這句的內容是講物質主義(或愛好物質消費)在學生的思想和意識上出現/形成(to happen)與否，「物質主義會少些責任出現在常規(一般)學校的學生」完全不會邏輯關係。因此如何形容物質主義如何少些發生在常規學校，可以考慮用less likely, less possible.

1. 照字面看, 兩個字都是解 "不同的" 或 "差別的", 兩個在這裡用是可以接受的, 但如果我用 "different" 就是好平實甘告訴你 : 由不同地區來的小朋友坐在一起。
如果我用 "diverse", 我會帶出一啲比較或差別的資料, 在文章之前或之後去加强不同。
但有時不想太重覆 "different" 亦會用 "diverse" 去修飾文体。

2. 應用 past participle (Representa completed action or the status of something, e.g. a retired police) : graduated 。
＊- present participle ( Something that has notfinished, still continues, still happening at the time, e.g. a running dog)



3. "liable" 是通常講關於 '很可能的' 責任上或法律上的責任問題, 我相信用 "likely" 會較適合

(1)diverse=adj=various people and places.
(2)(who are graduated)=adj. clause placed after the noun (Students) they describe.
(3)liable adj. =accountable for; Use accountable for.
--less liable=unlikely.