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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 353. The title of today's lesson

  • is don't say someone is damaged if they are physically hurt or physically

  • injured of course. Okay. Let's look at the note here. Of course, we can say physical

  • objects are damaged. Like you know his car was damaged in the accident. You

  • could say that. No problem, and we could also say a body part was damaged. Yeah.

  • Maybe you say that ballplayer, that outfielder ran into the wall and damaged

  • his shoulder. So you could say a body part is damaged. That's why sometimes this is

  • confusing. You could say a body part is damaged, but don't say the person is damaged.

  • However, we don't say someone was damaged in an accident, natural disaster, etc. Okay.

  • We should use words like hurt or injured. That's the way. They're the more common words.

  • Okay. So let's take a look at the the note again. Let's continue. Again with the

  • X this would be wrong. This is where a student might make a mistake.

  • He was damaged from a blow to the head. No. You can't say that. He was injured

  • from a blow to the head or he was hurt from a blow to the head. You know, a blow

  • is like a strike. Somebody ... somehow he got hit in the head. Or you could say

  • this. You could say his brain was damaged from a blow to the head. So remember you

  • can't say a body part is damaged. So you could have ... these these ones are correct.

  • With the X this is wrong. Okay. Let's, let's continue with the note here.

  • However, you can say somebody's name, somebody's name, somebody's reputation

  • somebody's image, etc. was damaged. So that could be damaged. So this is why it's

  • confusing. You might hear it in in this sense. You could say you know, his

  • reputation was damaged. He was damaged, maybe if it's referring to his

  • reputation, you might be able to get away with it.

  • So let's ... but let's give an example. And this is clear here. You could say his

  • reputation was damaged from that scandal or due to that scandal. Yeah. Basically so

  • that's the way we use it. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you

  • for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 353. The title of today's lesson

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