I was thinking how unlucky do you have to be? First to get stabbed and then to be injured by means unspecified? :( ;)
Andrew Mcauley ● 2902d9 Comments
Man Injured BY Stabbing in Ealing
Fred Hunt ● 2895d
'Man Injured During Stabbing' could give rise to the same objections as the original headlinesPhilip's suggestion is better although 'Man Wounded in Knife Attack' does make the headline less informative as you could be wounded by a knife but not stabbed i.e. suffer from a slash wound.Perhaps we are all a bit guilty of trivialising what for somebody was a terrible thing to happen?
Helena Cavanagh ● 2895d
Maybe "wounded" rather than "injured"? As in "Man wounded by knife attack"
Philip Coe ● 2901d
"during" perhaps? Or even "due to".
Andrew Mcauley ● 2901d
Oh I see what you are driving at. But if you just said 'Man Stabbed in Ealing' it would beg the question was he injured or killed.
Helena Cavanagh ● 2902d
That's what I'd presumed ;)
Andrew Mcauley ● 2902d
Yes indeed one might think the unfortunate chap had been injured during the time he was stabbed..
Keith Iddon ● 2902d
It is the strange way Police describe things sometimes. A crash is described as a Police incident on the radio for example
Peter Chadburn ● 2902d
Not sure what your point is