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Mrs. Bluezette's Grammar Guide
injured/wounded
Today's lesson comes by way of Atlanta.
"Is it true that `injured' refers to, say, a survivor of a car wreck
or earthquake, while `wounded' refers to, say, a survivor of an
attack with a weapon such as a fist or knife or gun?"
Jon Shirek, reporter
WXIA-TV
It is true.
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Those INJURED in the four-car pile-up on I-75 were rushed to
area hospitals.
A wound is usually thought of as an injury in which the skin is torn,
pierced, or cut.
v
The dog bite left the child with a WOUND that will take a while
to heal.
v
With binoculars we could see several of the WOUNDED
soldiers being treated.
An injury CAN BE a wound, but not all injuries ARE wounds.
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Most of the INJURED had been WOUNDED by ground fire.
Mrs. B leaves you with this thought from Mrs. G, as you start your
day:
"Every civilizing step in history has been ridiculed as
`sentimental', `impractical', or `womanish', etc., by those whose
fun, profit or convenience was at stake."
--Joan Gilbert (1931- )
