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Killed vs Died (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then the argument would have been about died/slain.

No one is imagining 500 deaths in a string of events is people peacefully passing away in the night.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It would have been killed/slain, which are pretty equivalent.

Passive vs active language does make a difference in emotion reaction to things.