Homework Help: English

Posted by Ilma on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 11:30am.

Hello. I'll be grateful for your help.
Which word is it better to use to complete the following sentence: "Only two people died in the fire but there were a lot of 1)victims; 2)casualties"?
The two words look like synonyms to me(I consulted a dictionary), but maybe they are used differently. And is it possible to use the word "injured", ie "... a lot of injured", maybe "a lot of the injured"?
Thank you for all your time and advice.

English - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 11:36am
I'd word it:

Two people died in the fire, but there were a lot of other casualties.

Two people died in the fire, but there were a many injured people.

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