the Las Vegas monorail that entered operation in 2004 has had to defer the dream

[brucecx]

Hi, I have a question. Do you think the word enter in the following two sentences is wrong?

1. The Las Vegas monorail that entered operation in 2004 has had to defer the dream of connecting the airport, the Strip and downtown.
from https://ludwig.guru/s/entered+operation

2. The 747 entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am's New York–London route.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747

 

[Barque]

Sentence 2 sounds all right.

Sentence 1: Some people might use it. I'd prefer "commenced operations".

 

[5jj]

Do you think the word 'enter' in the following two sentences is wrong?

Do you think the word enter in the following two sentences is wrong?

Distinguish the word you are asking about from your main text in some way,

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi. I have a question. Do you think the word "enter" in the following two sentences is wrong?

1. The Las Vegas monorail that entered operation in 2004 has had to defer the dream of connecting the airport, the Strip and downtown.
2. The 747 entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am's New York–London route.

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Note my corrections and improvements to the layout above.

"Entered service" is the standard term used when talking about when a particular make or model of transport started to be used commercially.
I find "entered operation" unnatural. I'd expect "opened" or "started operating".

Who wrote those two sentences?

 

[brucecx]

Note my corrections and improvements to the layout above.

"Entered service" is the standard term used when talking about when a particular make or model of transport started to be used commercially.
I find "entered operation" unnatural. I'd expect "opened" or "started operating".

Who wrote those two sentences?

the first sentence is from online, and the second is from Wikipedia.

 

[emsr2d2]

I found the first sentence is from online, and the second is from Wikipedia.

Note that "online" and "from Wikipedia" wouldn't normally be enough information as a source. However, I have just noticed that you've edited post #1 and added the links to each one. As a rule, we ask that you don't edit posts after they've received a response as it can make some of the responses look nonsensical. We'll leave this one in place but now you know for the future.

 

[brucecx]

Note that "online" and "from Wikipedia" wouldn't normally be enough information as a source. However, I have just noticed that you've edited post #1 and added the links to each one. As a rule, we ask that you don't edit posts after they've received a response as it can make some of the responses look nonsensical. We'll leave this one in place but now you know for the future.

Thank you, actually based on my research, the first sentence is from this article on the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/09/las-vegas-strip-learning-temple-excess I guess the author just made this tiny mistake when he was writing the article.

 

[brucecx]

Note my corrections and improvements to the layout above.

"Entered service" is the standard term used when talking about when a particular make or model of transport started to be used commercially.
I find "entered operation" unnatural. I'd expect "opened" or "started operating".

Who wrote those two sentences?

by the way, I have a follow-up question. Can we use "enter service" for a railway line instead of makes or models? like, the China-Laos railway recently entered service

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes. The Monorail was a completely new railway, not just a piece of moving stock.

 

[Tarheel]

By the way, I have a follow-up question. Can we use "enter service" for a railway line instead of makes or models? Like, the China-Laos railway recently entered service.

Please note that we always capitalize the word that begins a sentence. Also, end a sentence with a period (full stop), question mark or exclamation mark.

 

[Barque]

by the way, I have a follow-up question. Can we use "enter service" for a railway line instead of makes or models? like, the China-Laos railway recently entered service

I'd say "commenced/started operation(s)". A railway is a system rather than a thing.