[General] in wake of

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you share with me your opinion concerning the plausibility of the following two sentences?

Border tension high in wake of live-round firing that killed 20

Israel borders quiet in wake of deadly clashes.

in wake of = as inevitable result of

V.

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: in wade of

in wade of is a typo.

in (the) wake of means following or after.

Rover

 

[Tdol]

Re: in wade of

I would read the first as a typo too.

 

[5jj]

Border tension high in wake of live-round firing that killed 20

Israel borders quiet in wake of deadly clashes.

There being no verb, I assume that these are headlines or titles.

 

[BobK]

Sounds probable. :up:

Incidentally, vil, that general use (with the meaning 'after' or 'following') is quite common now. But originally the word referred to the white trace left in water by a boat; the temporal meanings use this as a metaphor. And this sort of wake does appear 'as a result' of the boat's passage.

b