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Hi my question is:
"He died of cancer" is all right. What about "He died from cancer." To me , 'die of' is used for internal sicknesses while we use 'die from' for external causes? It is like He died from the air pollution.
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David
"He died of cancer" is all right. What about "He died from cancer." To me , 'die of' is used for internal sicknesses while we use 'die from' for external causes? It is like He died from the air pollution.
Cheers
David
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Personally, I don't differentiate. Either seems acceptable usage to me.
- Personally, I don't differentiate.
- Either seems acceptable usage to me.
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Personally, I don't differentiate. Either seems acceptable usage to me.
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Yes. He died of gunshot wounds is certainly an external cause.
M-W's Dictionary of English Usage comments:
"From as far back as 1881, there have been varying pronouncements as to which prepositions may be used with which objects after the verb die. Sometimes disapproval is expressed of one preposition or another; Vizetelly 1906 and Copperud 1964, 1970., 1980 do
M-W's Dictionary of English Usage comments:
"From as far back as 1881, there have been varying pronouncements as to which prepositions may be used with which objects after the verb die. Sometimes disapproval is expressed of one preposition or another; Vizetelly 1906 and Copperud 1964, 1970., 1980 do
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Can't we say like this " he died because of canser". To me it seems well too.
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Not so much, Yunus. He died of cancer or he died from cancer.
If you want to use because, it would be more in a context like He died because they couldn't get to the hospital on time or He died because he took careless chances or even He died because the gunshot wound caused too much internal damage - but not a strict "cause of death" (like cancer, heart attack, etc.
If you want to use because, it would be more in a context like He died because they couldn't get to the hospital on time or He died because he took careless chances or even He died because the gunshot wound caused too much internal damage - but not a strict "cause of death" (like cancer, heart attack, etc.
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I usually say that someone dies of something and that someone suffers from something. I don't know whether in AmE it is acceptable or not, but I've always been told that "to die from something" is not correct. Perhaps we should ask Nona or Mr. P. for further explanations. I would never use "to die because of something", though.
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what about suffer of?
and i saw something about die from as it happens. it seems that die from is more common than die of.
the last thing my question is that is it acceptable to say suffer of?
and i saw something about die from as it happens. it seems that die from is more common than die of.
the last thing my question is that is it acceptable to say suffer of?
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Ms Google says:
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