[Grammar] "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

kite · Nov 22, 2013

Hi teachers,

"These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth." Source: BBC news

My version : These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died after two days they were born.

Is my version correct?

bhaisahab · Nov 22, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

kite said:
Hi teachers,

"These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth." Source: BBC news

My version : These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died after two days they were born.

Is my version correct?

No, it isn't.

kite · Nov 22, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

Isn't there any other way to rewrite the original version?

bhaisahab · Nov 22, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

kite said:
Isn't there any other way to rewrite the original version?

Almost certainly, but why do you want to?

kite · Nov 22, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

I am sometimes confused about the use of "after". You would have seen how I had used "after" in my own sentence. So I want to know whether there is another way to rewrite the sentence with the word "after".

bhaisahab · Nov 22, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

kite said:
I am sometimes confused about the use of "after". You would have seen how I had used "after" in my own sentence. So I want to know whether there is another way to rewrite the sentence with the word "after".

The original sentence already contains the word "after".

5jj · Nov 22, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

You could say, "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died [STRIKE]after[/STRIKE], two days after they were born."

Tdol · Nov 23, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

The original version does avoid repeating born, though.

5jj · Nov 23, 2013

Re: "These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died just two days after birth."

Tdol said:
The original version does avoid repeating born, though.

"These lion cubs, born in a Gaza zoo, have died after, two days after birth."

;-)

I still think the original is fine.

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