Spell check your entire website in one go

Re:Spell check your entire website in one go by Jem on Monday March 23, 2009 @10:34AM (#528588)

Should "Your site has queued." be "Your site has been queued."?

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Re:Spell check your entire website in one go by jpwagner on Monday March 23, 2009 @04:13PM (#529114)

Check http://www.grammarr.us ... just kidding-coming soon...

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Re:Spell check your entire website in one go by ConradHex on Monday March 23, 2009 @10:50AM (#528612)

I think "queue" could arguably be used as a verb.

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Re:Spell check your entire website in one go by crescendo on Monday March 23, 2009 @11:21AM (#528656)

Both of the OP's examples are verb uses of "queue". I believe the question here is whether to use active or passive voice.

IMO the passive construction ("has been queued") sounds more natural, because you wouldn't normally think of an inanimate object like a website queuing itself in a line. But it could go either way, as "queue" technically can act as either a transitive or an intransitive verb.

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