Re: "Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?

Subject: Re: "Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?
From: John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Blount, Patricia A" <Patricia -dot- Blount -at- ca -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:31:41 -0500

stopped - was
stops - is

BTW...how does he handle it when technical writers point out missed
project deadlines...after all, he is the project manager, so if a
deadlines is missed, obviously the project is being mismanaged.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Blount, Patricia A
<Patricia -dot- Blount -at- ca -dot- com> wrote:
> 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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