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Died Husband Years Earlier Dead Die Talking Ambulance

Idx 0841
Keyword die
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Her husband was died two years earlier.
Correct Sentence Her husband had died two years earlier.
Cloze Error Sentence Her husband [[was]] died two years earlier.
Cloze Sentence Her husband [[had]] died two years earlier.
Cloze Answer had
Choices had | was
Explanation

When you are talking about an event, use die (dying, died, died ).

When you are talking about a state, use be dead . Compare: He died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.' 'By the time the ambulance reached the hospital, he was dead.'

See also note at DEAD 1 (↑dead)

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