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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Put To The Chair/Chamber/Guillotine

"Put to death" is very much standard English. Does anyone think the following are acceptable, correct Englsih?

"He was put to the electric chair."

"He was put to the gas chamber."

"He was put to the guillotine."
  

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MeggPhaggSioux "Put to death" is very much standard English. Does anyone think the following are acceptable, correct Englsih? " I don't think so.

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  • MeggPhaggSioux "Put to death" is very much standard English.
  • Does anyone think the following are acceptable, correct Englsih?
  • " I don't think so.
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MeggPhaggSioux"Put to death" is very much standard English. Does anyone think the following are acceptable, correct Englsih?
"He was put to the electric chair."
"He was put to the gas chamber."
"He was put to the guillotine."
I don't think so.
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What about:

"He was sent to the electric chair."

"He was sent to the gas chamber."

"He was sent to the guillotine."
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MeggPhaggSiouxDoes anyone think the following are acceptable, correct Englsih?
Very doubtful. You might find someone who thinks those are acceptable, correct English, but it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

"sent to" is OK, though. I don't think anybody uses the guillotine anymore, so you would only find that phrase in historical
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put to death, put to shame, and put to sleep.
It sounds to me like you put someone to a state.

"And that, dear reader, is why children were put into gas chambers."

"'I was put in a gas chamber,' says Israeli doctor"

"What is are things that will get you into a electric chair punishment?"

"Convicted Ped
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