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Cookiemonster Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

die of/die with

Hi,

She died of a broken heart.
She died with a broken heart.

Are both of these sentences correct? I am not sure of #2 at all.

/C.M
  

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She died of a broken heart. She died with a broken heart. Both are correct.

— Optilang

  • She died of a broken heart.
  • She died with a broken heart.
  • Both are correct.
  • Sentence 1 we have the cause of death.
  • Sentence 2 we have the state of her heart at the time of death.
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She died of a broken heart.
She died with a broken heart.

Both are correct.

Sentence 1 we have the cause of death.

Sentence 2 we have the state of her heart at the time of death.
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Thank you very much! I'm glad to learn the difference.

/C.M
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How about "from a broken heart"? To this day, I still can't differentiate between die of and die from. Emotion: sad
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Hi

Welcome back!

I don't know if this helps

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Thanks, Optilang Emotion: smile

I don't know how to interpret the numbers. Are yousaying they are close to each other or they are somewha
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Sorry, but I have to go, got a plane in 9 hours and need to get some sleep.

My suggestion is to repeat the search I did and you will see many examples with context.

Hope it helps.

Take care. [H]
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