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Language Log 2013-03-21

Summary:

In the comments section of the London (Ontario) Free Press, there was a frank exchange of views on the grammaticality of the headline "Man wandering in traffic arrested with gun" (3/20/2013). A small sample follows.Susan Franks complained:Please, as journalists try to write headlines that make sense.Try "Man With Gun Wandering in Traffic Arrested"I am not [...]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4526

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Gudgeon and gist ยป Language Log

Tags:

peeving

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

03/21/2013, 09:00

Date published:

03/21/2013, 08:03