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Cat navy 425 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Question about sentences

Dear all,

Kindly tell me which of the following sentences are grammatical.

1) The installation is complete.

2) The installation is completed.

3) The installation has completed.

4) The installation has been completed.


Thank you.

  

Top answer

cat navy 425 which ... are grammatical. All but 3) are OK.

— CalifJim

  • cat navy 425 which ...
  • are grammatical.
  • All but 3) are OK.
  • 3) is wrong because it assigns agency (the power to change things in the world) to "the installation", which is impossible because it's not a person.
  • "has completed" has to have an agent as subject and the thing completed (or to be completed) as object.
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cat navy 425which ... are grammatical.

All but 3) are OK.

3) is wrong because it assigns agency (the power to change things in the world) to "the installation", which is impossible because it's not a person.

"has completed" has to have an agent as subject and the thing completed (or to be completed) as object.

The committee | has comple

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