jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-214 days agoGeorgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchenwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down14
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-214 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down6·14 days agoPoorly worded headline. I initially read that and thought she shot a dead person.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days 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.eecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 days 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-up1·14 days ago“Shot dead” only sounds right in the passive voice.
Poorly worded headline. I initially read that and thought she shot a dead person.
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.