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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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What's the difference?
In my country, people are hanged to death for corruption.
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In my country, people would be hanged to death for corruption.
Can I say the both sentences to mean the same thing?
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In my country, people would be hanged to death for corruption.
Can I say the both sentences to mean the same thing?
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Anonymous Can I say the both sentences to mean the same thing? No. Use the first sentence.
- Anonymous Can I say the both sentences to mean the same thing?
- No.
- Use the first sentence.
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AnonymousCan I say the both sentences to mean the same thing?No. Use the first sentence.
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Anonymoushanged'to death' is redundant and unidiomatic. Omit it.to death
AnonymousCan I say the both sentences to mean the same thing?The plain fact is that in your country people are hanged for corruption.
In a discussion where people start talking about corruption, you can chime in, "In my co
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In my country, people are hanged to death for corruption.
Where I live, the convicted murderer is also hanged to death. The reason is there was a case where the convicted murderer was hanged, but somehow he did not die, so he was released. Subsequently, the sentence was reworded to include the words 'to death'. This was what my late father, who was a police officer, told me.
Where I live, the convicted murderer is also hanged to death. The reason is there was a case where the convicted murderer was hanged, but somehow he did not die, so he was released. Subsequently, the sentence was reworded to include the words 'to death'. This was what my late father, who was a police officer, told me.
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tamguatlayThe reason is there was a case where the convicted murderer was hanged, but somehow he did not die, so he was released. Subsequently, the sentence was reworded to include the words 'to death'.In Britain, the wording "hanged by the neck until dead" used to be used formally. "hanged to death" sounds very odd to me.
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