Death of an elephant

[edmondjanet]

Elephant is dead.
Elephant died. Is this correct sentence or any grammar mistake?

[susiedqq]

Are you speaking about a specific elephant?
Use:

The elephant . . .

An elephant . .

If you are speaking of a group or the species, then say;

Elephants are . . .

or

The elephants are . .

P.S. Your titles uses the correct article.
Why do you ask this question?

[edmondjanet]

Are you speaking about a specific elephant?
Use:

The elephant . . .

An elephant . .

If you are speaking of a group or the species, then say;

Elephants are . . .

or

The elephants are . .

P.S. Your titles uses the correct article.
Why do you ask this question?

When a man dies we can say, He passed away or died. as same as can we use some other words for the death of an elephant? In my language(malayalam) for elephant death we have so many usages. Man's death and Animal's death in my language different usage.

[Larisa_rog]

The same is in Russian. But this is not the case in English. They say "died" for both animals and people.

[susiedqq]

Edmond - it would have helped if you would have told us that your were asking about the verb, to die.

I thought you were asking about articles for the word "elephant.'

How would I have figured that out?!

Is there a disease or way of dying called "elephant death"?