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You Are Welcome(d)

 
 
cello
 
Reply Thu 13 Mar, 2008 05:40 pm
Could someone please tell me if we should say "You are welcomed to do something" or you are "welcome"? I have seen a few people write "welcomed", but I think it is not correct.
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bubbly08
 
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Reply Thu 13 Mar, 2008 05:45 pm
It should be, "you're welcome".
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2008 03:08 am
You can be "welcomed" to an event.
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dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2008 04:34 am
the diffference seems to be tense.

You are welcome - present tense

We welcomed you - Past tense.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2008 11:42 am
"Thank you."

You're welcome" Present tense.
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Francis
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2008 12:10 pm
I feel tense when I'm not welcome (d)..
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2008 05:22 am
Francis--

You are always welcome--present and future tenses.
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cello
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2008 01:43 pm
I think tense does not apply here, but rather the active or passive voice.

Noddy welcomed you and I welcome you too, Francis, don't be so tense. Please feel welcome(d?) in any event.
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JTT
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2008 03:21 pm
Re: You Are Welcome(d)
cello wrote:
I think tense does not apply here, but rather the active or passive voice.

Noddy welcomed you and I welcome you too, Francis, don't be so tense. Please feel welcome(d?) in any event.


There's only active voice here, Cello. Both you and Noddy are the purveyors of the welcomes.

cello wrote:
Could someone please tell me if we should say "You are welcomed to do something" or you are "welcome"? I have seen a few people write "welcomed", but I think it is not correct.


There is a passive structure here;

"You are welcomed", where 'you' is the subject of the sentence but is the receiver of the action, not the purveyor of the action as in yours and Noddy's sentences.

It's certainly not the most collocation, but I can imagine where, in certain contexts, "you are welcomed" could be used.
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