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"Seen" making? I think they mean "imagined" or "might make" or "in the wild imaginations of someone looking for funding".
by caractacus 12y ago
"Seen" making? I think they mean "imagined" or "might make" or "in the wild imaginations of someone looking for funding".
- user24 12y agoYeah. Totally inappropriate title.
- Luc 12y ago'To imagine as possible' is a common meaning of 'see'. It's obviously not 'perceive with the eye' in this case. Definition 3d here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see
- caractacus 12y agoI understand the possible use of 'seen' in the headline but in this context it would be taken by most readers as 'observed'. Sloppy sub-editing at best.
- th0br0 12y agoNot really... it's just a "form" of the subjunctive... "Maglev train _could be_/_would be_ seen making ..." You can leave the would/could be out from a stylistic point of view imho, but you normally don't do that out of context (as it is unfortunately done here)....
- uglycoyote 12y agoIt would be one thing to hear a person say colloquially "I could see Barack Obama doing stand up comedy" but quite another for a headline to read "Barack Obama seen doing stand up comedy"
- Luc 12y ago"Barack Obama seen doing lecture circuit" would be less unlikely around the end of his term. But hey, if it's confusing to enough people I suppose it's a bad headline.
- scott_s 12y agoCommon, yes, but not the most common, and not what I assumed. And apparently I'm not alone. I found it confusing.
- mikeash 12y agoHow is it "obviously" not the perception sense unless you already know the relevant facts? A headline that's only informative if you've already read the article is pointless.
- freshyill 12y agoIt's crappy headline-ese. There are certain words that have been chosen more for length than for literal meaning. These old print-isms persist online. Don't give it to much thought or we're going to have a row: cops. See what I did there?