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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Died

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00I have some problem with the verb "died".Sometimes we use "died of" and sometimes "died from". 02br
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00What is difference between "died from" and "died of"? 02br
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0 Hanuman, 02br 02br 00When you mention the disease which caused the death, you usually use "died of". "died of cancer" 02br 00Sometimes conditions which are not diseases are used this way, but these are figurative uses. They are poetic, not literal, expressions.

— CalifJim

  • 0 Hanuman, 02br 02br 00When you mention the disease which caused the death, you usually use "died of".
  • "died of cancer" 02br 00Sometimes conditions which are not diseases are used this way, but these are figurative uses.
  • They are poetic, not literal, expressions.
  • "died of a broken heart" 02br 02br 00When you don't mention a disease directly but describe some other circumstances of the death, you usually use "died from".
  • "died from complications of cancer", "died from an overdose of drugs", "died from drinking poison".
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0 Hanuman, 02br
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00When you mention the disease which caused the death, you usually use "died of". "died of cancer" 02br
00Sometimes conditions which are not diseases are used this way, but these are figurative uses. They are poetic, not literal, expressions. "died of a broken heart" 02br
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00When you don't mention a disease directly b
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0 Hello Hanuman 02br
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00Although a good answer is given by CJ, could you allow me to put some tips about your question? 02br
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00Most of my grammar books and dictionaries I have are saying like; 02br
00 (1) Use 'die of X' when X is a proximate/direct cause of the death; (EX) a malady, hunger, old age, etc. 02br
00 (2) Us
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