Common Mistakes : Die

verb

.BAD: Her husband was died two years earlier
.GOOD: Her husband had died two years earlier

.(When you are talking about an event, use die (dying, died, died

.When you are talking about a state, use be dead
:Compare
.He died in an ambulance on the way to hospital
.By the time the ambulance reached the hospital, he was dead

.BAD: People say she died with pneumonia
.GOOD: People say she died of pneumonia

: (die of/from a disease, heart attack, hunger etc (NOT with
.Of these, one in ten will die of lung cancer
.Her husband died of a heart attack
.Each year over a million children die from diarrhoea

: die of shame/embarrassment/grief/despair/shock etc
.When he told me the price, I nearly died of shock
.The poor girl almost died of fright

: die from the effects of violence, pollution etc
.He died from a bullet wound in the chest
.Police predict that more people will die from their injuries