Timeline for Which one is correct? "has been taken already" or "has already been taken"
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| Jul 1, 2015 at 15:59 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | There is the added complicating factor that the prepositional phrase marking the agent makes the alternative wording very clumsy. “This username has been taken by another user already” is better (keeping the focussed word at the end, instead of in the middle), but still awkward. Even better though: “Sorry, this username is not available. Please try a different username”. | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 14:26 | history | edited | terdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 29, 2013 at 21:54 | history | edited | terdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 29, 2013 at 19:56 | comment | added | terdon | @JohnLawler I'd say either since the quote simply refers to "written English". I would also extend it to spoken English though. | |
| Jan 29, 2013 at 19:45 | comment | added | John Lawler | This is a very interesting take on the subject. I'm wondering, though, whether the writer of the very insightful quote means we as writers or we as readers. | |
| Jan 29, 2013 at 19:39 | vote | accept | PrivateUser | ||
| Jan 29, 2013 at 19:31 | history | answered | terdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |