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S+"froze/beV+frozen/beV+freezing"+"to death"-Hundreds of people froze in the water.
A.
By the time the rescue team got to the scene, the ship had sunk to the ground of the ocean and hundreds of people had been frozen in ice-cold water.
(1)Is this sentence correct?
(2)In the red part, should I delete the word been?
(3)In the orange part, should I add an "the" before "ice-cold water"?
B.
Besides, the following are some related questions:
a. Hundreds of people froze in the ice-cold water.
b. Hundreds of people were frozen in the ice-cold water.
c. John froze to death.
d. John was freezing to death.
e. John was frozen to death.
Are these sentences all correct? What's difference between these sentences? Which expression is more common?
A.
By the time the rescue team got to the scene, the ship had sunk to the ground of the ocean and hundreds of people had been frozen in ice-cold water.
(1)Is this sentence correct?
(2)In the red part, should I delete the word been?
(3)In the orange part, should I add an "the" before "ice-cold water"?
B.
Besides, the following are some related questions:
a. Hundreds of people froze in the ice-cold water.
b. Hundreds of people were frozen in the ice-cold water.
c. John froze to death.
d. John was freezing to death.
e. John was frozen to death.
Are these sentences all correct? What's difference between these sentences? Which expression is more common?
