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Actually, he removed the prepositions, not the verbs. I wouldn't mind the front-loading as much if he didn't remove the prepositions, but to me those two rearr
by iain 17y ago
Actually, he removed the prepositions, not the verbs. I wouldn't mind the front-loading as much if he didn't remove the prepositions, but to me those two rearranged sentences sound awkward regardless.
I wonder if the journalists who write the articles choose the headlines, or if the BBC has a `Headline Phraser' job.
- Elepsis 17y agoGood point -- it doesn't remove the verbs entirely. However, it removes them from their natural place in the sentence and puts them somewhere where they're likely to be missed entirely. By front-loading the headline with only the nouns, he puts what is arguably the most important part--what _happened_--at the end. But you are right that the awkwardness is mostly due to a lack of prepositions.