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Kill me of or kill me with thirst?



 
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Kill me of or kill me with thirst? #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:10 pm   Kill me of or kill me with thirst?
 

Hello everybody

Which is a correct proposition for the given sentences?

1- Do you mean to kill me------------ thirst? ( with, of)
2- Do you want to kill me -------------- suffocation?
( with, by, from, of)

Thanks in advance

Tom
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Bad propositions #2 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:50 pm   Bad propositions
 

First of all, neither of your sentences is a good proposition :wink: !

The following prepositions sound more correct to me:

1- Do you mean to kill me of thirst?

2- Do you want to kill me by suffocation?
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With or Of? #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 13:58 pm   With or Of?
 

Hi Tom

Your first sentence sounds particularly strange.

A standard collocation would be "die of thirst". Using the word "kill" just sounds wrong to me.

If I absolutely had to use the word "kill", then I would choose a word like "dehydration" (instead of thirst).

Do you mean to kill me by dehydration?

But, as Conchita mentioned, both sentences are awkward.

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Never say die #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 14:57 pm   Never say die
 

Tom,

before your interest in the subject dies down, you may want to have a look at the following thread:

Die of vs. by and die from
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With or Of? #5 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 15:39 pm   With or Of?
 

Dear Amy and Conchita

If a host of mine makes me sit in an excruciatingly hot place and does not even offer water, then what would I say as a sarcasm?

1- Do you want to kill me ------------- heat, thirst,
suffocation, hunger? (Or there are better phrases?)

I read the differences between die of, die by and
die from.

Please tell me how the following sentences sound.

1- He died by the bullet, sourd, his old would.

2- She died from a sudden death.

3- She died from suicide.

4- He died from a road accident.

Thanks

Tom

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With or Of? #6 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 16:12 pm   With or Of?
 

Tom wrote:
If a host of mine makes me sit in excruciatingly hot place and does not even offer water, then what would I say as a sarcasm?

1- Do you want to kill me ------------- heat, thirst,
suffocation, hunger?

In this case I would use the word "with".

Tom wrote:
(Or there are better phrases?)

I would probably say "Are you trying to kill me?" And then complain in further detail about all of the problems.

Tom wrote:
Please tell me how the following sentences sound.

1- He died by the bullet, sourd, his old would.
He died from a bullet wound (to the chest).
sourd? would=wound? :?:

2- She died from a sudden death.
She died a sudden death.

3- She died from suicide.
She committed suicide.

4- He died from a road accident.
He died in a traffic accident.
-- OR --
He died of/from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.


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