BrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-24 days agoPregnant teen shot in road rage incident gives birth on life support before dying from her injurieswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkPregnant teen shot in road rage incident gives birth on life support before dying from her injurieswww.independent.co.ukBrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
Katelynn Strate, 17, was seven months pregnant when she was hit by a bullet during the incident in Ponchatoula, Louisiana
minus-squareJakenVeina@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up53·4 days ago hit by a bullet Shot. The word is “shot”.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIntersected the ballistic trajectory of an inert projectile.
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days ago“Was temporarily co-terminus with a lead mass”
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·4 days agosome writers don’t like to use the same word on adjacent sentences, the title had shot, so they chose hit for the subtitle
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-24 days agoCould’ve gone with murdered or fatally wounded. Of course it’s all half measures when it’s still passive voice. The right play is “<person> fatally wounded <person> when they chose to unleash their rage in a fit of ego.”
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoHere I was thinking “oh maybe it was a stray bullet?” Nope, just shitty passive voice journalism
minus-squareRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoWhy was she standing in the path of a bullet!? Didn’t she know that’s where bullets travel!?
Shot. The word is “shot”.
Intersected the ballistic trajectory of an inert projectile.
“Was temporarily co-terminus with a lead mass”
some writers don’t like to use the same word on adjacent sentences, the title had shot, so they chose hit for the subtitle
Could’ve gone with murdered or fatally wounded. Of course it’s all half measures when it’s still passive voice. The right play is “<person> fatally wounded <person> when they chose to unleash their rage in a fit of ego.”
Here I was thinking “oh maybe it was a stray bullet?” Nope, just shitty passive voice journalism
Why was she standing in the path of a bullet!? Didn’t she know that’s where bullets travel!?
Bust a cap.