[TChris]

Why would they shoot a "dead attacker"?

The word "dead" goes with "shoot", as in "shoot dead". They shot dead a knife attacker.

Certainly could have been worded better.

[maine-iac7]

I quipped: "Why would they shoot a "dead attacker"? re the headline: " French soldiers shoot dead knife attacker..."

and YOU answer me as if I were a dolt - LOL - with:

The word "dead" goes with "shoot", as in "shoot dead". They shot dead a knife attacker.

Certainly could have been worded better.

Gee, thanks for enlightening me. However, I am a professional writer AND I was educated in the 1940-1950's, i.e., when they were actually teaching things, like English. ;)

And we knew what tongue in cheek was/is. (Or maybe you just needed another cuppa coffee?)