wakeupplease Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 On 15/04/2017 at 4:41 AM, Ron19 said: A number of posters have taken this article the wrong way.The english is correct " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapse " . If the article was written " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapsed " , then you would have reason to think the way you did. Try this "French tourist, aged 44, died after collapsing in Phuket Resort bathroom " This clearly states he died in the bathroom after collapsing ETC " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapse " This suggests the bathroom fell in on him The bathroom collapsed on a French tourist English can be written many ways but only those taught the wrong way write the wrong way I may be wrong as I am a stupid English person so certain teachers say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I am used to reading articles where the English translation is not up to the critics, especially on this forum. Rip to the poor gent who died pretty young in life. His family will certainly be deeply affected by his death, and I imagine that their holidays were ended by this event. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 When I first read the headline my brain also thought there had been a building collapse, but in the time it took to open the article I had processed and understood the actual intent of the story. While I have certain emotions regarding the angst of readers who were misled by an inability to understand this intent, and also for those to whom the misuse of English by a Thai journalist is the big story here, my only real sympathies go to the family of the unfortunate tourist who died way too early. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugJackBaron Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) On 4/15/2017 at 10:41 AM, Ron19 said: A number of posters have taken this article the wrong way.The english is correct " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapse " . If the article was written " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapsed " , then you would have reason to think the way you did. Actually, in newspaper English the narrative voice - which uses present tense for past events - is usually used to describe past events in headlines "Police arrest suspect" for example. Yes, I know this is not a newspaper but native speakers of English - and others - will read it as such. Edited April 17, 2017 by BugJackBaron clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Tourist collapses in Phuket resort bathroom, dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapom Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 3 hours ago, BugJackBaron said: Actually, in newspaper English the narrative voice - which uses present tense for past events - is usually used to describe past events in headlines "Police arrest suspect" for example. Yes, I know this is not a newspaper but native speakers of English - and others - will read it as such. 13 hours ago, wakeupplease said: Try this "French tourist, aged 44, died after collapsing in Phuket Resort bathroom " This clearly states he died in the bathroom after collapsing ETC " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapse " This suggests the bathroom fell in on him The bathroom collapsed on a French tourist English can be written many ways but only those taught the wrong way write the wrong way I may be wrong as I am a stupid English person so certain teachers say where's charlie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 On 4/15/2017 at 10:41 AM, Ron19 said: A number of posters have taken this article the wrong way.The english is correct " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapse " . If the article was written " French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapsed " , then you would have reason to think the way you did. The correct English would be......French tourist dies after collapsing in the bathroom. Don't you know the Queen's English?...................................Is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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