Date has been advanced
In the text below, the verb 'advance' is used as an intransitive verb and a transitive verb, is it appropriate?
"For example, it has been documented how honeybees in Poland are responding to changes in climate by advancing the date of their first winter flight (the wakening moment after winter), part of a phenomenon often known generally as “season creep”. The first winter flight date has advanced by over one moth during 25 years of observations, and this is attributed to increasing temperatures."
I looked up in several dictionaries, and when 'advance' means to advance time, it is a transitive verb. In my opinion, it should be changed to the following:
"The first winter flight date has been advanced by over one moth during..."
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jasonlee I looked up in several dictionaries, and when 'advance' means to advance time, it is a transitive verb. Not necessarily. 1 for "advance" as a verb in the link below.
- jasonlee I looked up in several dictionaries, and when 'advance' means to advance time, it is a transitive verb.
- Not necessarily.
- 1 for "advance" as a verb in the link below.
- com/definition/advance
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jasonleeI looked up in several dictionaries, and when 'advance' means to advance time, it is a transitive verb.
Not necessarily. Take a look at entry 1.1 for "advance" as a verb in the link below.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/advance
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