A grammatical question about English?

Question

what really is the difference between these two examples:

a) Your cell number is subscribed to ....
b) Your cell number has been subscribed to ...

As you might have guessed my point is where should we use ToBe and where have/has ?

What is the major difference between the two ?

Thanks for making me uto nerstand it

Answer 1

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"is subscribed to" is just a generic status fact and has no conditions. It exists now and tells you nothing more.

"has been subscribed to" suggests or implies more conditions such as that the number wasn't always as it is now.

'is' - present third singular of BE

'been' - past participle of BE

'has' - present third singular of HAVE

'is' describes current condition.

'has been' describes a completed action.

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Answer 2

Some wildly incorrect answers above!

Grammatically, they're both passive voice. They differ in the tense used. The first is present simple tense and the second is the present perfect (simple) tense.

(English verbs are very complex - we have 12 tenses).

As for the meaning - it must be a specialist US usage, because to my (British) ears both sound strange. We would say 'This mobile number is registered to Joe Bloggs' or 'Joe Bloggs has registered this mobile number'.

It's a good rule of thumb to use the active form in writing weherever possible - as the passive can often be clumsy. (Keep the passive for where the agent is unknown or obvious - e.g. 'My wallet was stolen' or 'The house is still not finished'.)

Answer 3

The first one is in the present tense, and the second is in the past tense. Both ways of saying it get the same message across, however. The first one slightly emphasizes that someone has the number now, while the second puts a slight emphasis on the fact that the number was given to someone before.

Answer 4

I'm trying to think of the situation in which you might be told either of these two statements and all I can think of is you've just purchased a cell phone and finished registering, logging on, etc. and the system is telling you either that your registration was successful or that somebody else has already picked your number (and so you'll have to choose another one). In this context, the two statements are identical.

Answer 5

i subscribe for a service - such as a magazine or cell service.
either case - how has ur cell been given to another?

Answer 6

a) is active
b) is passive

Active is generally preferred in English writing

Answer 7

"is" is definitive.
"has been" is past tense.