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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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question about' 'noun +past participle'
There it's close to headlinese. Deliberate brevity because of limited space. …
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What does this headline mean? - "Fiji turns the page"
Yes, moving forward (improving) after not having done very well for quite a while. For example, a team that was on a losing streak and then wins two games in a row could be "turning the page".
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What does "unplugged" mean or imply in this headline?
I will elaborate on FumbleFingers's apt comment.
For many years, musicians gave concerts before very large audiences, where their electric guitars and other instruments were plugged into amplifiers.
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Structure of the headline "Olympics organizers scramble as furor over woke blasphemy grows."
Prepositional phrase "over woke blasphemy" is an adjunct describing the basis for the "furor".
Compare:
Anger over vodka tax causes widespread revolt
over can sometimes be used as a synonym for "abo …
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Grammar of titles - wh-clause vs. question
Why we listen to music is a noun phrase.
Why do we listen to music? is a well-formed question.
Either could work as the title of an article, say, or a blog post. Titles are not required to be well- …
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Generic headline term for "first three quarters of the year"
"ZZZ Sales up YTD" (year-to-date) is a common way of handling that scenario. The assumption is that the piece is being published in Q4, and the trend seen over the first three quarters has not reverse …
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Why do we have to use 'to' instead of 'will'?
With the future, the infinitive form expresses intention whereas will + <VERB> can express either an intention or the inevitable.
Consider this scenario:
Thousands of scientists worldwide agree that …
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