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Last year / many people / died from cholera epidemic.

A. Last year

B. many people

C. died from cholera epidemic

D. No Error

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Sentence is correct.

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Comments ( 12 )

  1. Tasawar Amin
    Tasawar Amin :
    7 months ago

    Died from or died of cholera both are correct

  2. Sanjukta Sahu
    Sanjukta Sahu :
    2 years ago

    cholera is a internal disease prob not the external one. so died of must come in place of died from ... plz correct it

  3. Onno Jogot
    Onno Jogot :
    5 years ago

    She died of/from hunger/cancer/a heart attack/her injuries.

    It is a brave person who will die for their beliefs.

    I would like to die in my sleep (= while I am sleeping).

    Many people have a fear of dying.

    Our love will never die.

    She will not tell anyone - the secret will die with her.

    (Cambridge Dictionary)

  4. Onno Jogot
    Onno Jogot :
    5 years ago

    I think it should be "died of".
    But then I found this-

    Prepositions with die:

    • Someone dies of or from a disease or injury:

    He died of a heart attack.
    He died from a heart attack.

    Die of is more common than die from.

    reference:
    https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/die

  5. Jitendra Prasad
    Jitendra Prasad :
    5 years ago

    Epidemical all desease means preposition in should be applied

  6. Sanjay Singh
    Sanjay Singh :
    6 years ago

    died of aayegaa

  7. Debajyoti Mukherjee
    Debajyoti Mukherjee :
    6 years ago

    I think this will be Died of because Die of Disease is used.

  8. Mukesh Modi
    Mukesh Modi :
    7 years ago

    Alteast Mr. examvedaji Reply to our comments. died Of cholera

  9. Vandavasi Surya
    Vandavasi Surya :
    7 years ago

    died of is used for diseases.

  10. Arbind Meher
    Arbind Meher :
    7 years ago

    it should be "died of Cholera"

  11. Jaya Morolia
    Jaya Morolia :
    7 years ago

    It should be died of cholera.

  12. अनोनिमस इण्डियन
    अनोनिमस इण्डियन :
    8 years ago

    should not it be "died of cholera"?

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