On 26/02/2006 8:47 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Leon
wrote:

So the tech would not be as good if it was mandated?

"Mandated" is not a word.

Mandate is a noun. Nouns do not have tenses.

It's also a verb.

mandate (mæn'deIt), v. [f. L. manda¯t-, ppl. stem of manda¯re to enjoin,
command.]

1 trans. To command. Obs. rare-0.

2 To commit (one's sermon) to memory. Sc.

3 To assign (territory) under a mandate of the League of Nations. Cf.
mandate sb. 4 b. So man'dated ppl. a.

4 To give a mandate to, to delegate authority to (a representative,
group, organization, etc.). Freq. as man'dated ppl. a., permitted to act
on behalf of a group, etc., approved by means of a mandate.