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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Is this the correct way for this to be written?
"No one killed after suicide bomber attacks near US-Afghan base"
My question is, if the suicide bomber died, was someone killed? Or I'm I reading it correctly in my thinking that in order for someone to have been killed, he would have had to deprive someone other then himself of life?
My question is, if the suicide bomber died, was someone killed? Or I'm I reading it correctly in my thinking that in order for someone to have been killed, he would have had to deprive someone other then himself of life?
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Anonymous "No one killed after suicide bomber attacks near US-Afghan base"My question is, if the suicide bomber died, was someone killed? Or I'm I reading it correctly in my thinking that in order for someone to have been killed, he would have had to deprive someone other then himself of life? The bomber was indeed killed, but not by him; he committed suicide.
- Anonymous "No one killed after suicide bomber attacks near US-Afghan base"My question is, if the suicide bomber died, was someone killed?
- Or I'm I reading it correctly in my thinking that in order for someone to have been killed, he would have had to deprive someone other then himself of life?
- The bomber was indeed killed, but not by him; he committed suicide.
- He was trying to kill other people, and that's who they're talking about.
- Don't look to journalism, especially not headlines, for model English.
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Anonymous"No one killed after suicide bomber attacks near US-Afghan base"My question is, if the suicide bomber died, was someone killed? Or I'm I reading it correctly in my thinking that in order for someone to have been killed, he would have had to deprive someone other then himself of life?The bomber was indeed killed, but not by him; he committed suicide.
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Well I would disagree slightly. I would say that looking to newspaper headlines is a great place to look for model English as it is the place where English is being used in an authentic a real fashion. Surely we want our learners to learn 'real' English and prepare them for the real world of English rather just the classroom of grammar rules etc. Clearly the person who poses this question is just
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