Shouldn't it be 'officially becomes', instead of 'becomes officially'?

"Officially becomes" sounds better in this context, but "becomes officially" is also used when officially describes the thing that something is becoming and not the process of becoming it, eg "Tomorrow he becomes officially married." If you wanted to distinguish that here you would say "Becomes the official common standard".

So I’d actually use either, but I’m pretty sure this arrangement requires a couple of commas. “USB-C becomes, officially, the common standard” However that is clunky and not really advisable unless you are doing it for a specific reason. It could be used to downplay the use of “officially.” Perhaps in this presented example it could mean that a lot of people already consider it the official charger, but now it’s been codified into EU law and/or standards.

Yes, or "becomes the official common standard..." would work too.

both work

Both are OK.

There's small nuance between officially becomes and becomes officially. Officially becomes kind of implies after some time, it's finally happened. "After some consideration, she's officially become my bestie", makes the listener think that this was something in the works for a while. Becomes officially implies more legality to it. Like there's a law in place or enforcement. "After some consideration, she's become officially my bestie", makes the listener think that perhaps it's been officially recorded somewhere, it was an important choice The difference is very small and very nuanced. You could go with either order and it wouldn't make a difference in most situations

Both work, though "officially becomes" would be more common

Yeah this this sounds wrong, it’s either has officially become or becomes the official.

I disagree with those saying either works. “Officially becomes” is so much more common that the alternative is unnatural and would sound incorrect to any native speaker.

I'm pretty sure adverbs that modify verbs can come before or after the verb they modify.

Either is technically correct, but the one you stated does sound better and people would find the written one weirder if you said it in public or typed it. You are more right

Becomes officially doesn't read naturally. Given this an EU post, I suspect that it was written by a non native English speaker.

It was written (or translated) by someone who isn't a native speaker. No native speaker refers to the abstract concept of USB-C with the definite article. "The USB-C" should refer only to a concrete individual object, such as a cable or port. Or the standard itself, if the word "standard" immediately follows "USB-C." But in this case, the USB-C standard _has been adopted as_ the _official standard._ "Becomes officially" is somewhat stilted and not the most precise way of articulating the concept. "Today, USB-C becomes the official standard" would be idiomatic and maximally simple. "Becomes officially" implies "becomes, in an official way [as though by its own agency or its own inherent nature]". The -ly suffix adds that extra implication because the preceding word is a verb. It doesn't belong there in this case. The meaning is still clear, but it's unnecessarily obtuse.

Yes. Op you are correct.

As an American, this sounds very Euro-English to me haha. Like something a German or Italian would say.

As is, it isn't grammatically incorrect, but it's very unusual. "Officially becomes" is the idiomatic way to say it.

This isn't technically wrong, but it doesn't read naturally. There are a couple ways you could word it: - the way this account went with - "officially becomes" - "becomes the official" If I had to rank these, the one they went with would have been a distant last on my list.

I would say either "officially becomes" or "becomes the official common standard." Better yet just leave out "official" altogether because it's deadwood. "Common standard" already tells us it's official.

Yes. “It becomes the official common standard” or (possibly) “becomes the officially-common standard” would also work, and are probably closer to the intended meaning.

You guys really had to ban every other charger except USB-C because you're too annoyed/lazy to deal with other cables? If you passed this 10 years ago and forced devices to use mini-USB then the precious USB-C never would've even been developed, get ready for nothing better to ever come along. Imagine if they made us stick with FireWire or fucking VGA/DVI ports instead of HDMI coming along or shit, mandating that every music player (for lack of a better word) fit 12 inch vinyls? No smaller record players let alone cassettes or digital disks would've ever been invented/become commonplace, what's the point in creating something better if you're forced to follow the shitty specs anyway?

The way I see it is that the USBC charger was already seen as the commonly used charger by most eu citizens, and now it's just officially becoming recognised as it

"officially the (most)..., officially the (number one)..." is a pretty common phrase in english, thats probably what they were going for

As a native (UK) speaker, I find both acceptable, and did not pick up on this when I came across the ad a couple of days ago. That said, there may well be some grammatical rule that says the one used in the ad is less correct or even incorrect. [Edit] A quick Google of “*becomes officially*” shows that it’s not uncommon - I even found an instance in the New York Times (not that it is necessarily a paragon of good writing).

This is poor writing. The only way I can really stomach this is if they put "officially" between commas as an appositive. The Usb-C becomes, officially, the .... whatever the rest is.

In "becomes officially the common standard", "officially" modified "the common standard". In "officially becomes the modern standard", "officially" modifies "becomes". Either one is appropriate and understandable. Neither sounds weird but I would probably have said "officially becomes", not "becomes officially".

Yes it should. This seems like German grammar applied to English. In fact the whole tweet seems very "German grammar English" to me: "Less fuss to find the chargers you need" I would have said: "Less hassle finding the charger you need"