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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Quake in China

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00 Refering to the BCC news today, it say "01b00A powerful earthquake is reported to 00have killed 00at least 7,000 people in China's south-western Sichuan province, up to 5,000 of them in just one county.02b00 " 02br
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00I would like to know why use "have killed " but not kill . What is the difference?02br
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00Hope someone can kindly help with my Qs. THanks in advance02br
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00Benny0-
  

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0Hi Benny,02br
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00It's common in reporting information to use the present perfect if the news is VERY recent.02br
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00A month from now, you would certainly say "reportedly killed" instead of "is reported to have killed."02br
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00EDITED: A month from now, you probably know how many actually were killed, so you wouldn't say "rep
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10I would like to know why use "have killed " but not kill . What is the difference?12blockquote
11i00This type of snake is reported/said 01b00to kill 02b00elephants with its strong venom.02i00 (The report is that this type of snake 01u01b
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