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Cobra navy 606 Posted 4 years ago
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Which sentence is correct?
They have died doing nothing.
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They have died by doing nothing.
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cobra navy 606 They have died doing nothing. or They have died by doing nothing. They are both not incorrect, but the first seems to mean something unlikely and looks instead like a mistake for the second.
- cobra navy 606 They have died doing nothing.
- or They have died by doing nothing.
- They are both not incorrect, but the first seems to mean something unlikely and looks instead like a mistake for the second.
- The second seems to mean that they did not do anything to prevent their death, but it is a rather oblique way to put it.
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cobra navy 606They have died doing nothing.
or
They have died by doing nothing.
They are both not incorrect, but the first seems to mean something unlikely and looks instead like a mistake for the second. The second seems to mean that they did not do anything to prevent their death, but it is a rather oblique way to put it.
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