90. Suicided!From: sam@rinkworks.com (Samuel Stoddard)
Subject: Re: riddles Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 14:14:38 -0800 (PST) > in ur riddle section you metioned a riddle which goes like "what crime > is punishable if attempted but not punishable if commited. what is it? > ans: suicide" > well i would just like to make a point that suicide is not a crime anymore > and u don't say "commited suicide" it is more correct if u say "suicided". > i don't mean to be nasty or anything but it is just something i noticed. Look "suicide" up in any dictionary. It is NOT a verb. "Suicided" is not an English word. "Committed suicide" is the grammatically correct way to say it. *I* don't mean to be nasty, but as long as we're counting grammatical errors, I count 25 in your email of just three sentences. |
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