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Rommel Posted 10 years ago
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Is there really such an English phrase as 'death toll of extrajudicial killings'?

Is there really such an English phrase as 'death toll of extrajudicial killings'? Isn't it that 'death' and 'killings' in this phrase are associated with each other? These words sound redundant in the phrase. What do you think?

The death toll of extrajudicial killings in that country is very alarming.
  

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There is an almost limitless number of possible phrases.. Here, I agree with you. What would you say instead?

— Clive

  • There is an almost limitless number of possible phrases..
  • Here, I agree with you.
  • What would you say instead?
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There is an almost limitless number of possible phrases..

Here, I agree with you. What would you say instead?
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Would it be acceptable to say the following instead?

The rate of extrajudicial killings in that country is very alarming.
The number of victims of extrajudicial killings in that country is very alarming.
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Not really. The simplest approach is probably
The number ol of extrajudicial killings in that country is very alarming
or
The extrajudicial death in that country is very alarming.
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But If I say, The rate of extrajudicial killings in that country continues to rise/grow/increase, is it acceptable?
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I'd say

the number of . . . killings

the rate of . . . killing
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