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	Abil  #537222  Sun, 06 Jul 08 05:27 AM He was hacked to death. He was knifed to death. He was shot (to) death. What difference does "to" make in the third sentence? Is "to" wrong here? Thanks.    Abil Joined on Wed, Jun 11 2008 Regular Member (734)
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	New2grammar  #537223  Sun, 06 Jul 08 05:29 AM Perhaps, he was shot multiple times until he was dead. 'Shot and killed' could be just one shot.    New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member (7,670) Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?

	Abil  #537232  Sun, 06 Jul 08 06:11 AM N2g, "shot and killed" is fine, but I just wanted to know if "shot to dead" is correct. Thanks anyway.    Abil

	New2grammar  #537233  Sun, 06 Jul 08 06:13 AM Shot to dead is wrong, as far as I know. Shot to death is correct and I have explained the meaning.    New2grammar

	Abil  #537237  Sun, 06 Jul 08 06:29 AM N2g, sorry, I made another careless mistake. In fact, I was talking about "shot to death". (See my original post) Thanks. "Shot death" (without "to") is also correct, as far as I know. But why? Why "hacked death" is not correct like "shot death? This is quite puzzling!!    Abil

	New2grammar  #537238  Sun, 06 Jul 08 06:36 AM Are you sure it's not shot deaD? Check this out: http://www.englishforums.com/English/ShotToDeathVsShotDead/gcqch/post.htm    New2grammar

	Abil  #537269  Sun, 06 Jul 08 07:39 AM No. I am confused. "Shot dead", "shot to death" and "shot death" each has got thousands of hits on the google search.    Abil

	New2grammar  #537270  Sun, 06 Jul 08 07:44 AM there are a lot of non-native sites on the Internet. So, Google general results are not reliable. Try to use Google Books. Maybe a native speaker can help you. I've told you what I know.    New2grammar

	Abil  #537294  Sun, 06 Jul 08 09:05 AM Thanks N2g    Abil