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Technically speaking, "released" can also be a state, so "is released" (as in "is in the released state") works too.


Technically maybe, but when has a native speaker ever written that?


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russian-bisex...

> Russian bisexual activist Irina Putilova is released from detention and taken off fast-track asylum list

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/10/godzilla-trailer-i...

Headline 'Godzilla' Trailer Is Released

There are very many other examples of native English speakers using released like these two examples.


> Technically maybe, but when has a native speaker ever written that?

"X is released" is the most common way I've seen native speakers write it, though there is a common trend on the internet in the last few years (which may be largely driven by non-native speakers) to reverse the usual role of subject and object of the verb "release" and say "X releases".

"X has been released" is, AFAICT, far less common than even the new "X releases" construction.


I would guess that most of the 12,000,000+ hits [0] on G has been written by natives.

[0] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22is+released%22


Or even better, on Google Ngram viewer:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=is+released%2C...

Hey, "is released" is more common than "has been released"!


I don't think there is anything wrong with that wording.




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