I was thinking the same thing. Wouldn't almost everyone say "a girl was killed there just last week"?
--- In [email protected], "David Patch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > wrote: > > er, try this: > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/comics/king.htm? name=Curtis&date=20070120 > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Even cartoon characters wonder about why we wait until something bad > > > happens to fix problems. > > Meanwhile, I wonder how Ray Billingsley writes his dialogue sometimes. > I mean, honestly, when was the last time you heard somebody other than > a police officer writing a report, or a ditzy talking head reading a > badly written news story based on said police report, use the phrase > "fatally injured" for someone who was killed? > > David Patch > Toledo, OH >
