What is grammatically wrong with the phrase: "killing an alive person is wrong."
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What is grammatically wrong with the phrase: "killing an alive person is wrong."
What is grammatically wrong with the phrase: "killing an alive person is wrong."
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Re: What is grammatically wrong with the phrase: "killing an alive person is wrong."
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Yeah I get that part but is putting 'an' before 'alive' correct? It just sounds weird, Even if 'alive' does start with a vowel.
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Re: What is grammatically wrong with the phrase: "killing an alive person is wrong."
No, it's not grammatically wrong ("a alive person" WOULD be wrong) but the whole expression is not idiomatic. We might prefer "killing a living person is wrong".
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Oh yeah that sounds better thanks.
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Re: What is grammatically wrong with the phrase: "killing an alive person is wrong."
"Alive" is seldom used before the noun. It's more often used as in:
There is no hope of finding anyone alive.
He comes alive when he drinks.
There is no hope of finding anyone alive.
He comes alive when he drinks.
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