Comments on: They’re saving the money to pay cronies https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/10/theyre-saving-the-money-to-pay-cronies/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/10/theyre-saving-the-money-to-pay-cronies/#comment-3055345 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:09:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=70839#comment-3055345 You will notice that all these individuals and animals have just escaped.

Thereafter, the people – though not the animals (for reasons that are obvious) – become fugitives or runaways, though the former applies only to those who are fleeing from the authorities.

English usage has very subtle distinctions between the use of word X or word Y which can’t really be picked up through lessons.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/10/theyre-saving-the-money-to-pay-cronies/#comment-3055313 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:15:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=70839#comment-3055313 Escaped prisoner, yes, because he has escaped (from captivity).

A runaway or fugitive is running away from something that he or she would then wish to escape from if caught.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/10/theyre-saving-the-money-to-pay-cronies/#comment-3055271 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:43:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=70839#comment-3055271 There is no such expression as ‘escaped woman’. If anything, in English it would be ‘runaway woman’ or ‘fugitive woman’.

And yes, it does mean that.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/10/theyre-saving-the-money-to-pay-cronies/#comment-3055261 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 22:42:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=70839#comment-3055261 I expect the wine-makers have used the correct version.

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