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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
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(passive?) ship / be shiped
Dear Customer:
We apologize again for not completing your recent order. The missing merchandise, listed below, has not yet arrived in our warehouse. We expect to be able to ship it to you before the date shown on the form.
If this revised date is not satisfactory, please sign the attached form and return it to us. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that the delayed shipping date is agreeable to you. Your order will ship as soon as it becomes available along with a coupon for 10% off your next order.
Q) I was wondering "ship" underlined should be "be shiped." What do you think?
We apologize again for not completing your recent order. The missing merchandise, listed below, has not yet arrived in our warehouse. We expect to be able to ship it to you before the date shown on the form.
If this revised date is not satisfactory, please sign the attached form and return it to us. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that the delayed shipping date is agreeable to you. Your order will ship as soon as it becomes available along with a coupon for 10% off your next order.
Q) I was wondering "ship" underlined should be "be shiped." What do you think?
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Your order will be shipped as soon as it becomes available along with a coupon for 10% off your next order. Note the spelling of shipped.
- Your order will be shipped as soon as it becomes available along with a coupon for 10% off your next order.
- Note the spelling of shipped.
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Your order will be shipped as soon as it becomes available along with a coupon for 10% off your next order.
Note the spelling of shipped.
Note the spelling of shipped.
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moon7296Q) I was wondering "ship" underlined should be "be shiped." What do you think?No. ship, as it stands there, is intransitive.
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moon7296Your order will ship as soon as it becomes availableAlthough 'be shipped' is traditional, using 'ship' as an active intranstive verb in that way is quite acceptable and very common nowadays in business English.
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