Five people were drowned

1i00Were02i00 is optional. It can be left out.02br
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0 I prefer 01b00drowned02b00 or 01b00drowned himself02b00 if there's no criminal agent. 0-

0 Five people were drowned after their boat sank in the ocean during the storm.02br
00 I prefer 01b00drowned02b00 or 01b00drowned himself02b00 if there's no criminal agent. 02br
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00Drowned himself/themselves makes it sound like they committed suicide. 0-

0 In the context of the capsided and sunken boat, 5 people "were" drown" is correct. Without it, it would mean they drown themselves on purpose which means suicide.02br
00The sentence is passive in anture and thus required a "verb to be" for the passive construction. 02br
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00A woman was accused of drowning her 3 children in a bath tub. 0-

0 I am sure most of these guys didn't commit suicide: 73 on "five people drowned", 05000 0240hrefhttp://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=%22five+people++drowned%22&btnG=Search+Books

0 Hi Marius,02br
00I didn't mean to disagree but if one also will use 01b00"5 people were drown",02b00 as a search criterian, there are equally as many entries from the Google search, perhaps even more. 00 0-

0 I checked the stats and you're right. 02br
01b00 02b007400 on 01b00"five people were drowned" [and yes, I recognize that most of these didn't commit suicide05002b02br
01b007302b00 on 01b00"five people drowned"02b010id1

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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10"five people were drowned" [and yes, I recognize that most of these didn't commit suicide12blockquote

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00"Five people drowned themselves" means that they committed suicide. 0-

0Yes 0-