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To: libh8er

So he shot a dead woman?


7 posted on 03/26/2024 4:19:59 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: VTenigma

So he shot a dead woman?


“...shot dead...” is a common British way to express ‘shot and killed’.


20 posted on 03/26/2024 4:48:45 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: VTenigma

It would make more sense just to say he killed her. And it uses fewer letter.


21 posted on 03/26/2024 4:57:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: VTenigma
So he shot a dead woman?

Imagine the people scratching their head, thinking this is what happened.

Seem to be a lot of them posting on this thread.

25 posted on 03/26/2024 5:12:56 PM PDT by Drew68
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Yeah, I hate that grammatical construction. How about “man charged in shooting death of...” Conveys all necessary information concisely and unambiguously, I think.


31 posted on 03/26/2024 6:33:53 PM PDT by armydoc
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