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What’s coming tomorrow?

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leosgonewild
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leosgonewild:

What’s the grammar mistake?

has been made.

Come on guys, not everyone are native speakers.

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that makes sense for this forum, but not for an official "limited series launch" on insta. agree it is not tolerable because it shows how lazy the effort is.

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apologies: was Big Smile

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moxxey replied on Thu, Oct 1 2020 10:25 PM

leosgonewild:
What’s the grammar mistake?

The use of have versus has, but you'd never use "has" after a plural anyhow, so neither should be used in this context.

More like "Only 10 units were produced making this a very unique colourway"

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Something is either unique or it isn’t. There is no such thing as “very” unique.
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Nitpicking, eh!

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Razlaw replied on Fri, Oct 2 2020 1:35 AM
The grammar is perfectly correct. Ten units is plural, thus the proper word is have, not has.

It is no different than, for example, ten houses have been built, or ten cars have been sold.

The following link contains examples of the use of has and have. See specifically the sentence “A number of measurements have been made.”

http://www.wordforword.se/download/VerbForm.pdf

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No, nitpicking would be to complain that "colorway" means a *combination* of colors, plural, in which a style or design is made available.  The BeoMarketer is afflicted with excess syllabicity.

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Dillen replied on Fri, Oct 2 2020 6:42 AM

lawrencejmcook:
Something is either unique or it isn’t. There is no such thing as “very” unique.

Or strictly prohibited.  Laughing

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moxxey replied on Fri, Oct 2 2020 6:47 AM

Razlaw:
The grammar is perfectly correct. Ten units is plural, thus the proper word is have, not has.

True. But you'd rarely/never use 'have' in this context. Certainly not in the UK. And yes it's totally nitpicking - I don't get the dig at the post at all.

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Duels replied on Fri, Oct 2 2020 7:42 AM
“Have been” is perfectly correct. The use of “very unique” is potentially a little more problematic, but in the context of some marketing blurb, a little bit of added emphasis is understandable and quite common.
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AdamS replied on Fri, Oct 2 2020 1:30 PM

lawrencejmcook:
Something is either unique or it isn’t. There is no such thing as “very” unique.

Exactly - this is the one I was referring to. 'Unique' is an absolute state - there are no different levels of it!

Ten units 'have' been made is perfectly correct.

And if my grammar pedantry irritates anyone then I apologise. However, I am the son of a lady who taught English for over 40 years, so this sort of thing was drummed into me from an early age. Sadly, she passed away last Thursday so I feel duty bound to carry on the good grammar fight!

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AdamS:

lawrencejmcook:
Something is either unique or it isn’t. There is no such thing as “very” unique.

Exactly - this is the one I was referring to. 'Unique' is an absolute state - there are no different levels of it!

Ten units 'have' been made is perfectly correct.

And if my grammar pedantry irritates anyone then I apologise. However, I am the son of a lady who taught English for over 40 years, so this sort of thing was drummed into me from an early age. Sadly, she passed away last Thursday so I feel duty bound to carry on the good grammar fight!

 

I apologies for all my posts, futures and pasts, this one included! Smile

 

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leosgonewild:

has been made.

Come on guys, not everyone are native speakers.

I’m not a native English speaker but as far as I know the units HAVE been made is correct. Please enlighten me on this matter...

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Fansastic
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Sorry, already clarified...very unique topic Big SmileBig Smile

BV Harmony 65 / Eclipse 55 / BL 50 / 19 / 18 / BS 2 all brass

BV Horizon 48 / V1 40 / BL 17 / Beoplay S3 all black

V1 / BL 3 / BS Essence MKII / Beoplay A3 all white

BS Moment / BS 3000 / BS 3200 / BL 400 all silver

Headphones / bluetooth speakers / BLC NL-ML / BLGateway

I know…B&O virus has grown on me ! 

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AdamS replied on Fri, Oct 2 2020 10:33 PM

Fansastic:
Sorry, already clarified...very unique topic Big SmileBig Smile

Big Smile Big Smile

 

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AdamS:

Exactly - this is the one I was referring to. 'Unique' is an absolute state - there are no different levels of it!

Ten units 'have' been made is perfectly correct.

And if my grammar pedantry irritates anyone then I apologise. However, I am the son of a lady who taught English for over 40 years, so this sort of thing was drummed into me from an early age. Sadly, she passed away last Thursday so I feel duty bound to carry on the good grammar fight!

I’m very sorry for your loss. I hope that you have many happy memories to comfort you.

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