RE: "Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?

Subject: RE: "Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?
From: <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>
To: "Pinkham,Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:43:53 -0700


I second this construction.

Kathleen

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> Subject: RE: "Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?
> From: "Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>
> Date: Thu, February 25, 2010 8:40 am
> To: "Blount, Patricia A" <Patricia -dot- Blount -at- ca -dot- com>,
> <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>
>
> It is correct as written. If you wish to keep the second part passive,
> perhaps it would be clearer to say:
>
> "The application stops the Windows Installer service when the spool
> limit has been exceeded."
>
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> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
> Behalf Of Blount, Patricia A
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:21 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: "Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?
>
> Hi,
>
> Wonder if anyone would be willing to chime in and help settle a friendly
> argument here. One of my project managers enjoys catching tech writers
> making grammar errors.
>
> What is your opinion of the following sentence: "The application stops
> the Windows Installer service when the spool limit is exceeded."
>
> The PM believes I should have said "was exceeded".
>
> Patty B.
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