Wednesday, March 3, 2010

[Pet Hate] "shot dead" @newsaustralia

Just watching the Channel 9 afternoon news, and the story about the Chang killer being deported to Malaysia. In summary, the newsreader said, "when Victor Chang was shot dead".

This is one of the phrases which always leads to me shouting at the TV.

Technically, he was either shot when he was already dead, or he died as a result of being shot. It's a curiously unique usage, as no one is ever "knifed dead" or "drowned dead".

It's sloppy, at best.

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