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Musicgold Posted 17 years ago
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Is final approved...



Hi,



I am a bit confused about the underlined part of the following sentence from a native English speaker. Shouldn’t it be ‘has been approved’?



This version is final approved for European distribution.



Thanks,



MG.
  

Top answer

) gives the approval for European distribution of something. It's a bit of an odd way to say it.

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  • ) gives the approval for European distribution of something.
  • It's a bit of an odd way to say it.
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I think what the writer is saying is that this version (of a letter or contract attached?) gives the approval for European distribution of something. It's a bit of an odd way to say it.
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Hi,

I interpret it differently.Emotion: smile

It's not that this version contains/gives final approval. It's that this v
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Hi.

Or it could be: "This version has finally been approved for European distribution".

This would indicate that previous versions have failed the test of approval.
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