2023-09-21 10:30:40
The voice shot can refer to a projectile, a weapon or a camerabut It is not recommended to apply it to someone who has received the impact. of a shot.
Due to the influence of the English verb to shootwhich allows this type of construction, this inappropriate use has spread in the press: “The death of a French citizen is being investigated after being shot by the coast guard”, “Two young people die after being shot by the military” or “A woman was shot in the thigh during an argument with two men.
However, academic grammar censures this use and clarifies that only shoot weapons or cameras and at the same time explains that this verb can also be applied to what is fired (that is, bullets, projectiles, rockets, arrows, etc.).
For this reason, in the previous examples it would have been preferable to write “The death of a French citizen is being investigated after being shot by the coast guard”, “Two young people die after being shot by soldiers” and “A woman was shot in the thigh during a discussion with two men.
Finally, when talking about a person who gets a push violent as a result of, for example, an explosion or a crash, rotation is preferred fly offas in “A woman died when she was thrown out of the window of a public transportation vehicle.”
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