[General] Has arrived or arrived?

Status
Not open for further replies.

Bealadie

New member
Joined
Oct 16, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
Hong Kong
Current Location
Hong Kong
Just saw a post
"New item has arrived."
and I want to ask why cannot use
"New item has been arrived."
 

Tdol

No Longer With Us (RIP)
Staff member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
Japan
We do not normally use arrive in the passive voice. Arrive doesn't take an object- you cannot say [strike]the delivery person arrived the new post[/strike], so we cannot make this into a passive sentence.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top