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25-Sep-2003, 13:10
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 passive 1-He was killed by being strangled. 2-He was killed by strangulation. |
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25-Sep-2003, 17:50
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| They're OK, but 'he was strangled (to death)' sounds better to me.  |
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25-Sep-2003, 19:38
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| Quote:
Iain |
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25-Sep-2003, 21:24
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| Since strangle means choke to death the phrase "strangle to death" is a redundancy. strangle http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...&va=strangling strangle http://www.bartleby.com/61/41/S0794100.html :) |
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