A 10-year-old boy who was swept into a storm drain while helping his family clean up storm debris is being kept on life support so that his organs can be donated, according to his father.
The boy, Asher Sullivan, “officially passed away” on May 18, but remains on life support to facilitate the organ donation process, his dad, Jimmy Sullivan, wrote in a Facebook post.
“It’s 100% an ‘Asher’ type thing to do in continuing to be selfless,” Sullivan shared on Facebook. “He will have an honor walk at the hospital in the next few days and be celebrated as he is, a hero!”
The other commentor has mentioned the correct phrase in the newspaper speak,
Without the “is”, the ambiguity exists.
Why not? “Swept” is also the simple past tense of “sweep”, in addition to the past participle used in passive voice.
Will simply have to disagree. This is perfectly normal for a newspaper headline and not ambiguous, to me.