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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

has been lifted or has lifted?

It seems as if a veil (. ) when you find you can suddenly do dome thing you've thought couldn't.

1) has been lifted
2) has lifted

Are both patterns possible? Is one better than the other?
  

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teacherJapan Are both patterns possible? Yes. teacherJapan Is one better than the other?

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  • teacherJapan Are both patterns possible?
  • Yes.
  • teacherJapan Is one better than the other?
  • 'Better'?
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teacherJapanAre both patterns possible?
Yes.
teacherJapan Is one better than the other?
'Better'? I don't think so, but the first is certainly more common:
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I see! Thank you very much:-)
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Non-native speaker here. That sentence sounds very weird to me. What does it mean?
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AnonymousNon-native speaker here. That sentence sounds very weird to me. What does it mean?
It means that something that was previously hidden can now be seen, as when a woman who is wearing a veil which hides her face lifts it up so you can now see her face.
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Could I ask you another question related to this topic? Is it common to say, 'a veil covering your face has lifted' and 'a veil in front of your face has lifted?'
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teacherJapan Could I ask you another question related to this topic? Is it common to say, 'a veil covering your face has lifted' and 'a veil in front of your face has lifted?'
No, the veil has been lifted is mostly used as an idiom meaning something previously hidden is now revealed. In most English-speaking countries women rarely w
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I see! Thank you very much again for your information:-)
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