Timeline for Why isn’t “the passengers were perished” correct?
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| Jul 27, 2021 at 16:00 | comment | added | anotherdave | @R..GitHubSTOPHELPINGICE, yeah I tried to touch on that at the end of my answer that it's probably more common over this way — within the UK, maybe even particularly in northern England I think, but would be also be perfectly understandable in Ireland. You could say "were perished with cold/hunger" — using "were perished" on its own feels like it has an unsaid, implied reason on the end (normally cold). | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 15:53 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | As a native American English speaker, the meaning of "were perished" ("were very cold"?) you used is unintelligible to me. I would have had no idea it could mean that, and would have had to look it up trying to figure out what it meant. | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 8:19 | history | answered | anotherdave | CC BY-SA 4.0 |