Tense problem

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mshahri

#86784 Tue, 05 Apr 05 03:21 AM

Hello , I’m a newcomer , I’ve been looking at this English forum for weeks and eventually eager to join …I’ve problems with the following sentences , could anybody help me how to distinguish between the “has/have/had been” and “is/are/was/were” . What are their distinctive criterions in grammatical context?

“The class has been cancelled due to the recent changes on the timetable “
“The class is cancelled due to the recent changes on the timetable “

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#86791 Tue, 05 Apr 05 04:38 AM

What are their distinctive criterions in grammatical context?

1. “The class has been cancelled due to the recent changes on the timetable “
2. “The class is cancelled due to the recent changes on the timetable “

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JTT: Contextually, there's not much difference, MShahri.

Number 2 points to the state of the class, ie. it is a cancelled class, in much the same way as,

"The glass is broken" points to a broken glass.

#1 focuses on the action. In #1, 'cancelled' is a verb, the past participle of 'cancel'.

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