Using Is/Was For Deceased
Throughout almost sixty years of my life, I heard "he is survived by" in obituaries. In the past two years I hear "he was survived by" ... I called the radio stations and was told that the former was in syntax error, the Association of Journalists have corrected that hence the current form. I disagree with them. Please enlighten me.
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I don't know what the various style guides say. You can look them up if you wish. But I'm with you I'd say He is survived by ,.
- I don't know what the various style guides say.
- You can look them up if you wish.
- But I'm with you I'd say He is survived by ,.
- .
- ' He was survived by .
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I don't know what the various style guides say. You can look them up if you wish.
But I'm with you I'd say He is survived by ,. . .'
He was survived by . . . sound to me like those people are now all dead as well.
Clive
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