Bite dead

Neither.

A man was killed after being bitten by a crocodile.
A man died from being bitten by a crocodile.
A crocodile bit a man and killed him.
A crocodile bit a man, who later died.

The closest you can get to what you may want to say -- though I'm not sure exactly what you want to say -- is this:

It was reported that a crocodile bit a man to death yesterday.

There are uses of "bit ... to death", but even so, the phrase is uncommon. More common is "mauled ... to death", and I would recommend this instead:

It was reported that a cro

CalifJimIt was reported that a crocodile mauled a man to death yesterday.

Thank you. This is exactly what I meant. However, could I change the sentence into:

It is reported today that a crocodile mauled a man to death yesterday.

Could I use the present tense because it is reported today?

Thank you.

Not sounding natural to me. I think "it has been" sounds much better.

AnonymousCould I use the present tense because it is reported today?

Yes, but the suggestion above is even better.

It has been reported today that ...

CJ

CalifJim Not sounding natural to me. I think "it has been reported" sounds much better.

Although I have learnt the present tense a lot already, but my biggest mistake in writing is still the present tense.
Could you tell me when we use the present tense?

for example,
Can I see "It is reported today" as a truth?
Can I see "the soup I am dr

Just as you have "The soup I am drinking" (which would be better as "eating" since you use a spoon and don't just hold it up to your lips and drink) you could say "It is being reported."

Both of those things are happening right now.

It's being reported (as we speak) that a sever thunderstorm has created flooding throughout the downtown area.

I am eating soup (as we spea

Anonymous It is reported that a crocodile bit dead a man yesterday.
It is reported that a crocodile bit a man dead yesterday.
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Well, if it is ok to say - to shoot somebody dead - then technically it is possible to say - to bit a man dead.......
However, it might sound not that great..... the native speakers have had their word on this issue already,

"It is reported today"

It was reported

But you have a very deep desire to have present tense so

it has been reported today.

Think it in this way. Something had happened and then you got the news and now you're publishing that news in the newspaper. So it will always be the past (not in the very current time). In case of news in television it may differ