Now dead () years meaning
If someone would have died twenty years ago, can we say- 'He is now dead twenty years'?
Or, does the quoted sentence mean something different?
Please help!!
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If someone would have died twenty years ago, can we say- 'He is now dead twenty years'? No. Say He has now been dead for twenty years.
- If someone would have died twenty years ago, can we say- 'He is now dead twenty years'?
- No.
- Say He has now been dead for twenty years.
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If someone would have died twenty years ago, can we say- 'He is now dead twenty years'?
No. Say He has now been dead for twenty years.
0I've read things like "He is now dead twenty years" and it's very clear to me what it means. I can't say if it's really correct grammar, and it's a little unusual. It has an interesting sound to it - sort of like the way Yoda speaks, where he turns things all around. Is there a term for that sort of language?
Powerful you have become - the dark side I sense in you.
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0In the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens might have written 'Poor old Jacob Marley – he's been dead now these 20 years', but it's not used in modern English.
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