On Thursday 25 September 2003 20:14, Skip Montanaro wrote: > >> The attached message has been automatically discarded. > >> It should be > >> The attached message was automatically discarded. > > Dan> I don't agree. Why is the latter more correct? > > "was" connotes that an action happened in the past and is over and done > with. "has been" connotes that the action was started, but might not have > completed.
IIRC this is exacly what we non-native-speakers are thaught when we study english, but I've seen (note: have seen <-> *so far*) people use both forms in any context. Maybe the rule was lost (note: was <-> *definitely*) in everyday speak, or maybe only brits still care. HTH, Simone -- Adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit -- Ovidio _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers
