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[gringa]

Dear all,

I took a test today and was wondering if someone could help me with one question. They asked if "is already offered" can be replaced by "has already been offered" without changing the meaning. Thanks in advance!

[CP]

Well, "was already offered" is interchangeable with "has already been offered," but "is already offered" is not a very likely construction. What was the whole sentence?
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[gringa]

Hi,

The whole sentence was:

In Brazil, third generation CDMA 3 G EVDO service is already offered and is able to provide handheld resources, similar to CD, DVD and TV, anywhere and at any time, based on Qualcomm's cutting edge CDMA technology.

So, in this context, what do you think? If you put "has already been offered" instead of "is offered" would it change the meaning?

Thanks for your attention!

[Jintii]

I would say it is not interchangeable in this sentence.

If third generation CDMA 3 G EVDO service has already been offered in Brazil, that makes it sound to me like since then, they've moved on to fourth generation CDMA.....

[gringa]

That's what I thought so too! Thanks for your reply!