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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoThis is absolutely ambiguous diction. “…who shot and killed unarmed black man…” would have been substantially more specific and readable without potential confusion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoExcept “shot and killed” it self can be ambiguous. What did he kill them with? Did he shoot him then kill him with a knife? Shot dead, means the shooting is what killed the man.
minus-squarePolarlinkfedilink-5•1 year agoIn school you learn to keep titles short. You added a lot of filler words that can ruin the headline on apps that cut them off, or printed media. Shot dead is correct.
minus-square@DarkDreamer13link11•edit-21 year ago“fatally shot” is the same amount of words and less confusing
minus-squarenudny ekscentryklinkfedilink7•1 year ago“shot dead” is a phrasel verb, therefore it can (I would argue in this particular context it should) be split: shot (whom?) dead. I shot him dead He shot his wife dead Cop shot unarmed black man dead (including press-specific omitting of articles because English is stupid)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoAnd yet, we wouldn’t be having this discussion if the wording was actually unambiguous. I removed one word and added two. That’s not “a lot of filler words”.
This is absolutely ambiguous diction.
“…who shot and killed unarmed black man…” would have been substantially more specific and readable without potential confusion.
Except “shot and killed” it self can be ambiguous. What did he kill them with? Did he shoot him then kill him with a knife?
Shot dead, means the shooting is what killed the man.
In school you learn to keep titles short. You added a lot of filler words that can ruin the headline on apps that cut them off, or printed media.
Shot dead is correct.
“fatally shot” is the same amount of words and less confusing
“shot dead” is a phrasel verb, therefore it can (I would argue in this particular context it should) be split:
shot (whom?) dead.
I shot him dead
He shot his wife dead
Cop shot unarmed black man dead (including press-specific omitting of articles because English is stupid)
And yet, we wouldn’t be having this discussion if the wording was actually unambiguous.
I removed one word and added two. That’s not “a lot of filler words”.