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Note however: ‘In those days cigarettes were much cheaper.’
2
In our days we know more about the causes of pollution.
Nowadays we know more about the causes of pollution.
The phrase ‘in our days’ does not exist. For this meaning, use
nowadays, these days, or today
: ‘I
get the feeling that some people nowadays cannot live without television.’
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See
SOME 4
dead
1
My father is dead when I was still a baby.
My father died when I was still a baby.
The doctor said that she dead because the wound became infected.
The doctor said that she died because the wound became infected.
Dead
is an adjective and describes a state: ‘I can’t tell whether that plant is dead or alive.’ ‘Some
of the fish were dead and were floating on the surface.’
Died
is the past tense and past participle of
die
: ‘I think she died from a heart attack.’ ‘He died on
the way to hospital.’
See also note at DIED
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The purpose of this ceremony is to honour the dead people
The purpose of this ceremony is to honour the dead.
When you mean ‘dead people’, use
the dead
: ‘At this time of the tea the villages make offerings to
the spirits of the dead.’
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