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Abil Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

shot (to) death

He was hacked to death.
He was knifed to death.
He was shot (to) death.

What difference does "to" make in the third sentence? Is "to" wrong here? Thanks.
  

Top answer

Perhaps, he was shot multiple times until he was dead. 'Shot and killed' could be just one shot.

— New2grammar

  • Perhaps, he was shot multiple times until he was dead.
  • 'Shot and killed' could be just one shot.
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Perhaps, he was shot multiple times until he was dead. 'Shot and killed' could be just one shot.
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N2g, "shot and killed" is fine, but I just wanted to know if "shot to dead" is correct. Thanks anyway.
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Shot to dead is wrong, as far as I know. Shot to death is correct and I have explained the meaning.
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N2g, sorry, I made another careless mistake. In fact, I was talking about "shot to death". (See my original post) Thanks.

"Shot death" (without "to") is also correct, as far as I know. But why? Why "hacked death" is not correct like "shot death? This is quite puzzling!!
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Are you sure it's not shot deaD?

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No. I am confused. "Shot dead", "shot to death" and "shot death" each has got thousands of hits on the google search.
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there are a lot of non-native sites on the Internet. So, Google general results are not reliable. Try to use Google Books. Maybe a native speaker can help you. I've told you what I know.
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He was shot dead.

He was shot to death.

He was shot death
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This seems to be the right answer. Thanks Optilang.
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