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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Hurt vs injured

Which word is suitable in the following sentence? Thank you!
People hurt/injured in the Japan earthquake are being taken good care of.
  

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If your son fell and got a few scrapes while playing soccer, you may say he g ot hurt while playing soccer. If people were buried under a collapsed building, they may be injured by the falling objects. Hurt is a small injury - if you want to look at it that way.

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  • If your son fell and got a few scrapes while playing soccer, you may say he g ot hurt while playing soccer.
  • If people were buried under a collapsed building, they may be injured by the falling objects.
  • Hurt is a small injury - if you want to look at it that way.
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  • A spinal injury, a head injury.
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If your son fell and got a few scrapes while playing soccer, you may say he got hurt while playing soccer.

If people were buried under a collapsed building, they may be injured by the falling objects.

Hurt is a small injury - if you want to look at it that way.

An injury is something o
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