Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”?

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Is English a second language for you? (Serious question, not being snarky). Would help with how to frame an answer.

With “He died” - the word “died” is a verb (it’s what he did), it’s the action that takes place. It’s functionally (though not literally) equivalent to saying “He fell”.

With “He’s dead”, the verb is “is” - “He is (dead)”, describing a state of being/existence. “Dead” functions as an adverb (I think, English class was a long time ago), modifying “is”, with the information that he exists, just no longer as a living being.

“He is”, while not obvious, is a functionally correct/complete sentence (just ask Descartes).

Hope that helps and I request corrections/clarifications from grammarians and language boffins.

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