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has been cancelled vs has cancelled

Both phrases are correct, but they are different in construction. 'Has been cancelled' is the passive voice construction, indicating that the action of cancelling was done to the subject. 'Has cancelled' is the active voice construction, indicating that the subject performed the action of cancelling. The choice between the two depends on whether you want to emphasize the action or the doer of the action.
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has been cancelled

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English, especially in passive voice constructions.

This phrase is used in passive voice constructions to indicate that the subject has had an action of being cancelled done to them. It emphasizes the action rather than the doer.

Examples:

  • The flight has been cancelled due to bad weather.
  • The event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled.
  • The order has been cancelled by the customer.
  • The show has been cancelled for tonight.
  • The subscription has been cancelled automatically.
  • Our terraforming mission to Doraf I has been cancelled and the Enterprise recalled to Starbase 234.
  • So we could easily have held a topical and urgent debate this afternoon, but that too has been cancelled.
  • No destination address provided, forwarding of the message has been cancelled.
  • No identity found to use, forwarding of the message has been cancelled.
  • First, the training exercise scheduled for 2200 has been cancelled.
  • Eonni, the Centennial Performance has been cancelled.
  • Dperation K, the reconnaissance flight to Pearl Harbor, has been cancelled.
  • Your assignment to Portugal has been cancelled, and you've been reassigned to Angola.
  • No account found to use, forward of the message has been cancelled.
  • Against this backdrop, the Arab League Summit scheduled for this week in Tunis has been cancelled.
  • I understand that the 1999 Year Against Violence Against Women has been cancelled at the behest of the Member States.
  • Mr President, it appears to me that a communication from the Commission on some urgent and very important political issues has been cancelled.
  • Mr President, it is not even 4 p.m. and this week's topical and urgent debate, which would only have lasted an hour, has been cancelled.
  • the indication of the number of the international registration which has been cancelled;
  • I therefore believe that it is essential for the will of the citizens, expressed by voting in an election that has been cancelled six times in the past, to be respected.
  • - (Laughing) But the donor meeting has been cancelled, yes?
  • taxable persons for whom a VAT identification number has been cancelled or is no longer valid due to an absence or simulation of economic activity, and who have made intra-Community transactions;
  • For example, if I get to Tegel before finding out that my flight from Berlin to Mallorca has been cancelled, I not only get my ticket replaced, but I also get EUR 400 compensation.
  • A clear message to the Netherlands from this House would have been all the more helpful in view of the fact that, in the Netherlands, the debate has been cancelled.
  • After all legal remedies have been exhausted and where the fine or penalty has been cancelled or reduced any of the following measures shall be taken:

Alternatives:

  • has been called off
  • has been terminated
  • has been annulled
  • has been scrapped
  • has been abandoned

has cancelled

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English, especially in active voice constructions.

This phrase is used in active voice constructions to indicate that the subject has performed the action of cancelling. It emphasizes the doer of the action.

Examples:

  • She has cancelled her appointment.
  • The company has cancelled the project.
  • He has cancelled his subscription to the magazine.
  • The school has cancelled the field trip.
  • They have cancelled the meeting for today.
  • Mrs Neil has cancelled up on you.
  • At the same time, Argentina has cancelled orders for Greek peach compote worth 2.4 million dollars.
  • Interim President Ghazi al Yawar has cancelled his visit to the European Parliament.
  • Under pressure from the Islamist government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Bosphorus University in Ankara has cancelled a colloquium on the Armenian genocide (Libération, Thursday, 26 May).
  • I would just like to mention that Air France has cancelled flights from London.
  • Madam President, I must take this opportunity to inform you that a party of schoolchildren invited by me for this week - tomorrow to be precise - has cancelled the visit.
  • That is a brave target when set against the unfavourable backdrop of the economic crisis, which has cancelled out much of the progress made in the last 10 years, compounding an alarming increase in unemployment.
  • Thailand's Foreign Affairs Minister has cancelled a press conference on human rights in Vietnam, organised by the International Federation for Human Rights and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR).
  • That woman has cancelled heaven's law.
  • And I has cancelled my e-vite!
  • In the meantime the United States, which still receives all unfiltered passenger data, has cancelled six Air France flights.
  • I can also confirm to you that the Commission has cancelled the direct contracts which had been concluded with FERE and ISMERI.
  • My host has cancelled, my husband's gone.
  • The Commission (Directorate-General for Press and Communication) has recently informed the European networks and InfoPoints that it has cancelled, with effect from January 2004, payment of grants for operating expenses which have hitherto helped to support these organisations.
  • Mr President, I would like to know if there is anything you can do to find out why Air France has cancelled its regular and special flights to Strasbourg.
  • The company supplies 80 % of its production to BMW, but that car company has cancelled its orders and shifted them to Germany, clearly placing the Italian company in crisis.
  • Mr. Wilts, it seems Mr. Mountford has cancelled the meeting, but he is very much looking forward to hearing about your upcoming trip to Portland, And that you have the authority to hire and fire, as you see fit.
  • whereas the Lebanese Government, with the aim of putting an end to the fighting, has cancelled the decisions that led to the violence and put the Lebanese army in charge of resolving the crisis,
  • whereas the Lebanese Government, with the aim of putting an end to the fighting, has cancelled the decisions that led to the violence and put the army in charge of resolving the crisis,
  • The Commission has recently informed Info-Points that it has cancelled, with effect from January 2004, grants for running costs of these organisations.

Alternatives:

  • has called off
  • has terminated
  • has annulled
  • has scrapped
  • has abandoned

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