jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agoGeorgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchenwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down13
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchenwww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoThe irony is that was how it used to be said. You wouldn’t say “shot and killed” you’d say “shot dead”
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoApparently the editor realized it was not a good way to phrase it and reworded it. To make the original headline clearer, it could have been “Woman shot dead by…”
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months ago“Shot dead” only sounds right in the passive voice.
The irony is that was how it used to be said.
You wouldn’t say “shot and killed” you’d say “shot dead”
Apparently the editor realized it was not a good way to phrase it and reworded it. To make the original headline clearer, it could have been “Woman shot dead by…”
“Shot dead” only sounds right in the passive voice.