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Technically speaking, "released" can also be a state, so "is released" (as in "is in the released state") works too.

by JangoSteve 13y ago

nodata 13y ago
Technically maybe, but when has a native speaker ever written that?
- fzzzy 13y ago
  I don't think there is anything wrong with that wording.
- DanBC 13y ago
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russian-bisexual-activist-irina-putilova-is-released-from-detention-and-taken-off-fasttrack-asylum-list-8995978.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russian-bisex... > Russian bisexual activist Irina Putilova is released from detention and taken off fast-track asylum list http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/10/godzilla-trailer-is-released/ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/10/godzilla-trailer-i... Headline 'Godzilla' Trailer Is Released There are very many other examples of native English speakers using released like these two examples.
- dragonwriter 13y ago
  > Technically maybe, but when has a native speaker ever written that? "X is released" is the most common way I've seen native speakers write it, though there is a common trend on the internet in the last few years (which may be largely driven by non-native speakers) to reverse the usual role of subject and object of the verb "release" and say "X releases". "X has been released" is, AFAICT, far less common than even the new "X releases" construction.
- eCa 13y ago
  I would guess that most of the 12,000,000+ hits [0] on G has been written by natives. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22is+released%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22is+released%22
  - TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
    Or even better, on Google Ngram viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=is+released%2Chas+been+released&year_start=1800&year_end=2013&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cis%20released%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Chas%20been%20released%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=is+released%2C... Hey, "is released" is more common than "has been released"!

Technically speaking, "released" can also be a state, so "is released" (as in "is in the released state") works too.

nodata 13y ago

Technically maybe, but when has a native speaker ever written that?

fzzzy 13y ago
I don't think there is anything wrong with that wording.
DanBC 13y ago
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russian-bisexual-activist-irina-putilova-is-released-from-detention-and-taken-off-fasttrack-asylum-list-8995978.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russian-bisex... > Russian bisexual activist Irina Putilova is released from detention and taken off fast-track asylum list http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/10/godzilla-trailer-is-released/ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/10/godzilla-trailer-i... Headline 'Godzilla' Trailer Is Released There are very many other examples of native English speakers using released like these two examples.
dragonwriter 13y ago
> Technically maybe, but when has a native speaker ever written that? "X is released" is the most common way I've seen native speakers write it, though there is a common trend on the internet in the last few years (which may be largely driven by non-native speakers) to reverse the usual role of subject and object of the verb "release" and say "X releases". "X has been released" is, AFAICT, far less common than even the new "X releases" construction.
eCa 13y ago
I would guess that most of the 12,000,000+ hits [0] on G has been written by natives. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22is+released%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22is+released%22
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
  Or even better, on Google Ngram viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=is+released%2Chas+been+released&year_start=1800&year_end=2013&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cis%20released%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Chas%20been%20released%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=is+released%2C... Hey, "is released" is more common than "has been released"!