resulted to

[ostap77]

"Last year in the Philippines, earthquakes and tidal waves resulted in the deaths of more than 6000 people."

Can we say "resulted to the death........."?

 

[5jj]

"Last year in the Philippines, earthquakes and tidal waves resulted in the deaths of more than 6000 people."

Can we say "resulted to the death........."?

No.

 

[BobK]

:up:

But you can say 'led to the death' - which may be where the errant preposition came from. (I rather like 'errant' there - reminiscent of Knight-errant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ;-))

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