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'Headlinese' is the very elliptical syntax employed in headlines, captions, titles, signs and labels in order to save space and permit larger characters in display.

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News headline for "local police officer hit by male driver who's a university student on tra...

I think you are trying to put too many details in the title. You are trying to say these things The man was a policeman He was local. He was hit. The person who hit him was male The person who hit hi …
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Meaning of the headline "Hip-Hop Is the Music of Vinyl Librarians"

"Hip hop" is a culture and style of music, rap, that uses effects like record scratching and "sampling" of short extracts from other songs. Vinyl is a plastic substance that is used (among other thin …
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Isn't the phrase "minutes show" grammatically weird at the end of this text?

It is odd, but it is "headlinese". Compare with My husband is an idiot, wife says. For impact and style, the content of the quote is put first. The attribution is put in a bit at the end. … However, this is headlinese. People don't talk like this. By the way, in case it's not obvious, "minutes" are the detailed notes of the meeting, nothing to do with time. …
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Is "are dangerous" and "shown Boris Johnson" correct in this headline from the Daily Mirror?

It needs the word "by", and for agreement it should be "is dangerous" Kevin Maguire says "the reckless 'I don’t care, rules aren’t for me' approach" shown by Boris Johnson, who was "sacked twice for …
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Confusing usage of Taliban as a single entity collective noun

With nouns like "government", "team" or "Taliban", they can be treated as singular or plural, according to context and the particular nuance that the author wants to give. So I can say The team are p …
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Meaning of 'cost'

The basic meaning of "cost" is the "the amount that you lose". So when you buy a loaf of bread, the "cost" is the amount of money you have to give to the shop. And you can talk about "the cost of the …
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