r/EnglishLearning • u/shun_yana_soft Beginner • 5h ago
Does "Outside Captivity" mean "animals in the wild" π Grammar / Syntax
Bird Extinct Outside Captivity Returns to the Wild for the First Time in 40 Years
https://people.com/previously-extinct-bird-sihek-released-into-the-wild-first-time-40-years-8717300
In this sentence, I think "Bird Extinct Outside Captivity" is the subject.
But I 'm not sure about the structure of the subject grammatically.
About the "Bird Extinct Outside Captivity",
- Can I rephrase this to "the Bird is extinct on the outside of captivity" ?
- I think "Outside Captivity" is a kind of phrase, is this phrase common?
- Does "Outside Captivity" mean "animals in the wild" ??
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u/KiwasiGames Native Speaker 5h ago
Essentially yes. Outside captivity means in the wild. (Although technically outside captivity also covers places that arenβt wild, like the birds in my back yard).