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Dear ATEGers,
When I order books from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk, I sometimes receive
messages saying:
your order has shipped/has dispatched
Is this a normal, common use of these verbs (I would expect them to be
in the passive voice instead)?
Is it a new development?
Thanks,
Marie
France
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