Less than one week after the graduation, he was killed by a car accident.
2006-06-18 19:53:48 · 23 answers · asked by donotmisstony 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No, you want "in a car accident". With "by" you'd need something like "a careless driver"--some kind of person.
"After the graduation" is ok if you've already referred to the graduation as an important event for yourself and him. (For example "he was a guest speaker at my sister's graduation--less than a week after the graduation, he was killed.") If it's his own graduation, use "his"; if he was in your class, use "our". Better still would be "less than a week after graduating, he was killed."
I keep automatically changing "one week" to "a week". "One week" is not wrong, but "a week" means the same and sounds more natural.
So I'd write this:
Less than a week after graduating, he was killed in a car accident.
2006-06-18 20:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
He was killed in a car accident less than one week after graduation.
2006-06-19 02:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by hilarywow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about:
Less than a week after graduating, he was killed in a car accident.
2006-06-19 02:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by ♪ Tony's girl ♪ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's better to say
"Less than one week after (his) graduation, he was killed IN a car accident."
2006-06-19 02:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by kslnet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Less than one week after graduation (not "the" graduation), he was killed IN a car accident.
2006-06-19 02:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it would sound better if you said, "Less than one week after graduation, he was killed in a car accident."
2006-06-19 02:57:46 · answer #6 · answered by jjordan1018 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should change the word 'the' to 'his' if it was his graduation and 'by' to 'in' then it will be correct. as in
Less than a week after his graduation, he was killed in a car accident.
2006-06-19 02:59:11 · answer #7 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop the comma. It's the only thing that is grammatically wrong with the sentence - you don't need it; however, it would sound better if it was written like this:
He was killed in a car accident less than one week after the graduation.
2006-06-19 02:57:46 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Melissa♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
less than a week after the graduation, he died in a car accident
2006-06-19 03:00:04 · answer #9 · answered by rivers_of_life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that it'll be better stylistically if u dispensed with "the" and used "in" instead of"by".
the sentence will be
"less than one week after graduation,he was killed in a car accident."
2006-06-19 07:21:09 · answer #10 · answered by zein_egypt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋