Cookiemonster  +  555924 Sun, 17 Aug 08 08:47 PM Hi, She died of a broken heart. She died with a broken heart. Are both of these sentences correct? I am not sure of #2 at all. /C.M Cookiemonster Joined on Sun, Aug 3 2008 New Member 37

	optilang  +  555930 Sun, 17 Aug 08 08:57 PM She died of a broken heart. She died with a broken heart. Both are correct. Sentence 1 we have the cause of death. Sentence 2 we have the state of her heart at the time of death. optilang Joined on Tue, May 13 2008 Poland Senior Member 2,518 OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner.

	New2grammar  +  555951 Sun, 17 Aug 08 10:23 PM How about "from a broken heart"? To this day, I still can't differentiate between die of and die from. New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member 7,676 Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?

	optilang  +  555960 Sun, 17 Aug 08 10:51 PM Hi Welcome back! I don't know if this helps Results 1 - 10 of about 6,510,000 for "die of". (0.14 seconds)  Results 1 - 10 of about 5,470,000 for "die from". (0.15 seconds)  Books 1 - 10 of 5280 on "die of". (0.18 seconds) Books 1 - 10 of 2310 on "die from". (0.18 seconds) optilang

	New2grammar  +  555971 Mon, 18 Aug 08 12:23 AM Thanks, Optilang :) I don't know how to interpret the numbers. Are yousaying they are close to each other or they are somewhat different especially when it comes to formal writing? New2grammar

	optilang  +  555975 Mon, 18 Aug 08 12:43 AM Sorry, but I have to go, got a plane in 9 hours and need to get some sleep. My suggestion is to repeat the search I did and you will see many examples with context. Hope it helps. Take care. optilang