To: gaijin
Reuters. AP weren’t trained in punctuation.
8 posted on
06/07/2019 11:37:53 AM PDT by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
It passed spell check. That’s all that matters.
To: Vaquero
I’ve seen “shot dead” used in this manner several times before in Daily Mail headlines (”shot dead bear in the backyard,” “shot dead fleeing robber”) and my impression is that it is a British usage.
39 posted on
06/07/2019 12:23:24 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
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