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Always appreciate feedback considering English is not my first language, but considering the past tense wouldn't it be ok to say the shot was not deadly? That i
by SonicSoul 10y ago
Always appreciate feedback considering English is not my first language, but considering the past tense wouldn't it be ok to say the shot was not deadly? That is not to say the intent wasn't
- cromulent 10y agoPerhaps "not fatally" would be a better way of indicating that the outcome was not death, regardless of the intent :)
- Decade 10y agoAh, the old practice of using a word that comes from French to give some nuance when a Germanic word once worked. The Miriam-Webster dictionary says SonicSoul’s usage was correct, meaning “in a manner to cause death,” but now is archaic.