Let's say Tesla made the 'Roadster's first public appearance 2 years ago. Which is correct:
Tesla's 'Roadster' made its DEBUT 2 years ago.
Or
Tesla's 'Roadster' DEBUTED 2 years ago.
Which one of these is more natural-sounding or correct?
asked Aug 28, 2018 at 19:12
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1One is noun the other is a verb. Both are correct and sound equally natural to me.– Jason BassfordCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 19:18
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Nice, phew, I thought I would never be able to correctly use it.– John ArvinCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 19:49
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1. . . and 33 minutes later I see a typo in my original comment. ;)– Jason BassfordCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 19:53
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Oh another thing, you can see the word 'Roadster's in the very first sentence right, should it be 'Roadster's' or just leave it as it is coz' it's correct?– John ArvinCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 20:09
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1It's a generic term (a mass noun), so it's not being used in a countable sense. Leaving it as singular is fine.– Jason BassfordCommented Aug 28, 2018 at 20:10
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Either of them works.
"made its debut" uses debut as a noun - to mean the public releasing of something new in a celebratory manner or something like that. "they're planning the debut" uses the word this way.
"it debuted" is using debuted as the past tense of the verb debut - "it's debuting later today" uses the word the same way.
"debuted" seems to be slightly more popular than "made its debut", at least according to Google Ngrams:
