YA"G"T

[suklee]

Which version is correct? Or, do you think both versions are okay?

VOTE!

 

[rudeguy]

I vote for "your order has been shipped"

 

[suklee]

Indifference is winning so far 😉:thumbsup:

 

[dartworth]

WTF...I'm not waiting anymore...!!!!!!!1!11!!!one:|

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Said order shall be ferried inside a fortnight.

 

[mugs]

I think the second one is more better, but the first one is used frequently.

I'd prefer "We will ship your order in approximately two weeks"

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: mugs
I think the second one is more better, but the first one is used frequently.

I'd prefer "We will ship your order in approximately two weeks"

umm...if you're saying better, "more" is implied so it's redundant to have more...

both are correct tho.

The first one is like a future tense, while the 2nd one is like a past-future tense or some sh!t like that...I don't have a degree in English, and i sure as hell don't remember my gradeschool grammar rules. heh.

 

[ts3433]

You're comparing a simple future with what seems like a passive future perfect (not that I have a degree in English either; that conclusion came from some elementary knowledge of Latin, which my HS requires through sophomore year). Both seem acceptable.

 

[KnickNut3]

"The order" is the object.
Since there is no subject (there's no man named "order" packing up your books and music CDs and sending them out), you need a passive verb construction.

The second is correct. The first implies an active action by the antecedent, when it can only serve as the object.

 

[Baked]

I'll ship your fricking order when I feel like it.

 

[ts3433]

Originally posted by: KnickNut3
"The order" is the object.
Since there is no subject (there's no man named "order" packing up your books and music CDs and sending them out), you need a passive verb construction.

The second is correct. The first implies an active action by the antecedent, when it can only serve as the object.

I was also thinking that, so it is probably better to use that one when perfectly proper grammar is important.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: mugs
I think the second one is more better, but the first one is used frequently.

I'd prefer "We will ship your order in approximately two weeks"

The OP should do the opposite of whatever anyone who uses "more better" says.

 

[KnickNut3]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: mugs
I think the second one is more better, but the first one is used frequently.

I'd prefer "We will ship your order in approximately two weeks"

The OP should do the opposite of whatever anyone who uses "more better" says.

I may be wrong, but I think mugs was kidding 🙂
(I know you are, too, but I just want to make that clear.)

 

[Gurck]

Neither is wrong

 

[tami]

i is mis-impressed

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: KnickNut3

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: mugs
I think the second one is more better, but the first one is used frequently.

I'd prefer "We will ship your order in approximately two weeks"

The OP should do the opposite of whatever anyone who uses "more better" says.

I may be wrong, but I think mugs was kidding 🙂
(I know you are, too, but I just want to make that clear.)

you are wrong, mugs was not kidding.

 

[KnickNut3]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: KnickNut3

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: mugs
I think the second one is more better, but the first one is used frequently.

I'd prefer "We will ship your order in approximately two weeks"

The OP should do the opposite of whatever anyone who uses "more better" says.

I may be wrong, but I think mugs was kidding 🙂
(I know you are, too, but I just want to make that clear.)

you are wrong, mugs was not kidding.

Well, maybe I was just optimistic 😉

 

[esun]

The first one is more correct since it avoids the use of passive voice.

 

[Toasthead]

I think both work...but TRUE proper grammar I believe would vote for the way of saying something correctly using the fewest possible words.

 

[Budmantom]

Your sh!t ain't shipped yet.


Tom

 

[quakefiend420]

both look fine to me

 

[MrChad]

The second one is correct. "ship" is an active verb, while "be shipped" is a passive verb. The first example is wrong because the subject ("the order") isn't shipping anything -- it's being shipped by someone else.

 

[osiris3mc]

Originally posted by: dartworth
WTF...I'm not waiting anymore...!!!!!!!1!11!!!one:|

hahaha

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: MrChad
The second one is correct. "ship" is an active verb, while "be shipped" is a passive verb. The first example is wrong because the subject ("the order") isn't shipping anything -- it's being shipped by someone else.

incorrect.

both are correct, just in different forms.

 

[KnickNut3]

Originally posted by: esun
The first one is more correct since it avoids the use of passive voice.

Originally posted by: Toasthead
but TRUE proper grammar I believe would vote for the way of saying something correctly using the fewest possible words.

In general, this is true, except this is a situation where passive is specifically necessary. 🙂

Granted, there are far worse mutilations of the English language, and I wouldn't balk if anyone used the first one (and it does "sound" nicer and simpler). However, this is a "YAGT," so we're allowed to be picky 😉