"Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?

Subject: "Is exceeded" acceptable grammar?
From: "Blount, Patricia A" <Patricia -dot- Blount -at- ca -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:21:16 -0500

Hi,

Wonder if anyone would be willing to chime in and help settle a friendly
argument here. One of my project managers enjoys catching tech writers
making grammar errors.

What is your opinion of the following sentence: "The application stops
the Windows Installer service when the spool limit is exceeded."

The PM believes I should have said "was exceeded".

Patty B.
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