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Mon 14 Sep, 2015 11:56 pm
"I was at home studying for my exam when I received the unfortunate news that my mother had passed away"
"I was at home studying for my exam when I received the unfortunate news that my mother passed away"
@xbocker,
Shouldn't that be which sentence is correcter?
@xbocker,
Had is required.
But also note, news is not unfortunate. It's just news.
I believe the correct technical term is more betterer.
@xbocker,
I would say "passed away" is sufficient to describe what happend.
Had is the past tense of the verb have - which implies possesion of something. Hope that helps
@xbocker,
How about this: I was not at anyone else's house studying for no one's exam but my own when I received the not so great news that, when it came to living, it could now be said that my mom used to did.
No charge!
@McTag,
"Unfortunate" here is being used to mean "bad." Surely there is bad news as well as good news.
@InfraBlue,
But unfortunate doesn't mean bad.
So news can not be unfortunate, just as age can not be young.
@McTag,
Well, "deplorable" is used to define "unfortunate," and "bad" is used to define "deplorable" as per the
American Heritage Dictionary.
@InfraBlue,
I think these are particularly bad definitions, and therefore deplorable.
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