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#2 (permalink) Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:43 am Injured wounded |
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You could be injured in an accident as in a car crash but you are wounded in some kind of aggression/battle/war. A soldier could be wounded in a war _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:45 pm Injured or wounded? |
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| "Wounded" was used to mean hurt in combat, while "injured" was used for non-combat injuries. I noticed that during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991) the media and the military stopped using "wounded" and now "injured" seems to be used exclusively for people hurt in combat. I have been wondering what brought about the change. |
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Gambrose New Member
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#4 (permalink) Thu Jul 08, 2010 13:33 pm Injured or wounded? |
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Euphemism. _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach
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#5 (permalink) Fri Jul 09, 2010 15:15 pm Injured or wounded? |
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| My understanding is that a wound is an actual puncture whereas one could be injured internally with no visible wound. |
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LeopardBoy New Member
Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 1
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#6 (permalink) Fri Jul 09, 2010 15:56 pm Injured or wounded? |
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I don't usually quote Wikipedia as I don't feel it's reliable... but I think they have this one right:
In medicine, a wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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Beeesneees Language Coach

Joined: 08 Apr 2010 Posts: 18776 Location: UK, born and bred
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#7 (permalink) Fri Jul 09, 2010 23:39 pm Injured or wounded? |
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So, 'I wounded myself with the tweezers'? _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach
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#8 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 0:29 am Injured or wounded? |
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Hee, hee! There's always someone to point out the extremes. ;-)
Over many years, I have certainly seen what appear to be some severe eyebrow injuries caused by tweezers! _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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Beeesneees Language Coach

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