Electrocution is the cessation of life caused by the application of an electric current to the body.
We were informed on the news tonight that one of the stories revealed by the Wikileaks was about “a man who had been electrocuted”, and complained about it afterwards – are we in the presence of the Second Resurrection, or just another instance of the BBC’s sloppy use of English?
He had received electric shocks in the course of being tortured. Had he been electrocuted, he wouldn’t be in any position to complain about it…to think there was a time when people all over the world listened to the BBC to improve their english!
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