Marina Gaidar
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How is it proper to say, to doom smb to death or to doom smb to die?
How is it proper to say, to doom smb to death or to doom smb to die?
How is it proper to say, to doom smb to death or to doom smb to die?
We would usually use "condemn" there. "He was condemned to death".
That's not natural. We'd say, "We can't just leave the child here and let it die."I always thought that "to comdemn to death" sounded more like a decision of a court. My context here can be rendered in these few words: "We can't leave this child here and doom it to die/death".
How is it proper to say, to doom smb to death or to doom smb to die?
I don't believe that we are doomed to die (well, maybe some of us are) as much as we are fated or destined to die.As our lives are finite, aren't we all doomed to die some day? ;-) (just a joke, I'm not trying to get philosophical or anything of the like).
I always thought that "to comdemn to death" sounded more like a decision of a court. My context here can be rendered in these few words: "We can't leave this child here and doom it to die/death".
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