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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Kill/die
Hello,
I heard the first sentence while listening to BBC.what is the difference?
His wife has been killed in car accident.
His wife died in car accident.
Thanks
I heard the first sentence while listening to BBC.what is the difference?
His wife has been killed in car accident.
His wife died in car accident.
Thanks
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Hi Sunsail. Welcome to English Forums. The first one can exprees that the wife had been killed by misdoing of another driver, for instance he crashed to her car and it eventually led to her death, he was drunk or just didn't manage to get control of a car.
- Hi Sunsail.
- Welcome to English Forums.
- The first one can exprees that the wife had been killed by misdoing of another driver, for instance he crashed to her car and it eventually led to her death, he was drunk or just didn't manage to get control of a car.
- The second one doesn't say about anyone's fault and just reports of the death.
- Anyway, try checking the context it'll help.
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Hi Sunsail. Welcome to English Forums.
The first one can exprees that the wife had been killed by misdoing of another driver, for instance he crashed to her car and it eventually led to her death, he was drunk or just didn't manage to get control of a car.
The second one doesn't say about anyone's fault and just reports of the death.
Anyway, try checking the context it
The first one can exprees that the wife had been killed by misdoing of another driver, for instance he crashed to her car and it eventually led to her death, he was drunk or just didn't manage to get control of a car.
The second one doesn't say about anyone's fault and just reports of the death.
Anyway, try checking the context it
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I need to disagree.
"Has been killed" to me simply says that it's a very recent experience. There is no implication that there was a misdeed on the part of another driver. She may have fallen alseep at the wheel, swerved to avoid a moose and ended up hitting a tree, or, as you suggest, been the victim of a drunk driver.
There was an accident. It resulted in her death. It happened
"Has been killed" to me simply says that it's a very recent experience. There is no implication that there was a misdeed on the part of another driver. She may have fallen alseep at the wheel, swerved to avoid a moose and ended up hitting a tree, or, as you suggest, been the victim of a drunk driver.
There was an accident. It resulted in her death. It happened
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