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No disrespect intended, but from time to time we will find errors like this in English publications in Asian countries. Don’t be surprised to run into awkward sentences and construct in Hong Kong’s English newspapers either.  We can use “be arrived’ as passive voice in reference to “decisions” and “conclusions”.  But for people, it’s wrong in my opinion.   

I don’t believe this is the parallel construct to the question we have been discussing.

“You were a newly- arrived immigrant some decades ago”.  Although “were arrived” were used in your sentence but the context is different.  That said,  I believe “newly” should be connected to “arrived” with a hyphen which will make it an adverbial adjective, rather than a past participle of a verb. Don’t you agree?

Goodman wrote:

No disrespect intended, but from time to time we will find errors like this in English publications in Asian countries. Don’t be surprised to run into awkward sentences and construct in Hong Kong’s English newspapers either.  We can use “be arrived’ as passive voice in reference to “decisions” and “conclusions”.  But for people, it’s wrong in my opinion.

Mr. Paco,

If your smart “reference” is aimed at my explanations, it’s quite alright. Whether “newly arrived”, as you had used it in your sentence, is hyphenated or otherwise, it’s still stands as an adjective modified by “newly” which is an adverb.  If you have not seen it used in this context, I think it’s time to start. I have a few references for you as follows:

[link]- In the 3rd paragraph it went on......

Decisions of the Board in any of these cases cannot be overturned on the authority of any other individual or Committee. However, the Dean of the Graduate Research School or the Research Higher Degree Appeals Committee may, respectively, request or require the Board to take appropriate steps to reconsider any decision if they have any reason to doubt that the decision was arrived at by a fair process.

ssa-Section 23

[link]decision-is-arrived-upon.html

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