Saturday, March 8, 2014

Grammar and Misleading Headlines & Titles

COUPLE SHOT DEAD FOUND BY DAUGHTERS
   I read a headline which said, Couple Found Shot Dead By Daughters. On first reading I assumed the daughters had shot dead by the daughters. But when I read the first paragraph, then went back to check the headline, it seemed that a couple who had been shot dead were later found by the daughters. To clarify this, Couple Shot Dead, Found by Daughters.
   AIRLINE BOSS ON CRASHED PLANE
  On first reading this headline I understood, or rather misunderstood, that the boss of the airline was on the crashed plane. No, he was speaking about the crashed plane. 

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