Confusing Headline
Apr 21, 2017 07:36:28 #
viscountdriver wrote:
You will eventually know who May is.She is in the Thatcher mould.
Oh dear, am I confusing it again.
Oh dear, am I confusing it again.
"mould"... nice double entendre!
But I never enjoyed the screeching sounds of Iron Maiden.
Oh dear, am I confusing it again?
Apr 21, 2017 07:55:52 #
Apr 21, 2017 07:59:16 #
Beowulf wrote:
...the wording is actually a journalistic headline, in which the present tense is always used
I'm not a big fan of the historical present tense. I see it too often in documentaries which act like WW II is still going on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present
Apr 21, 2017 08:05:04 #
alby
Loc: very eastern pa.
"not keeping up with news?".......... it is about our life now... scary as it is...
Apr 21, 2017 08:20:17 #
DavidJon wrote:
That's not a comma - it's an apostrophe to indicate the possessive of the noun Britain. As several others have pointed out, if you had known who May was there would have been no confusion whatsoever. If, as you say, you try to avoid the news then I suggest not reading the Washington Post or any other newspaper since to the best of my knowledge they all seem to be full of news. 
Unfortunately it seems as though most 'newspapers' have turned into mostly pages and pages of opinions.
Apr 21, 2017 08:25:37 #
FrumCA wrote:
Unfortunately it seems as though most 'newspapers' have turned into mostly pages and pages of opinions.
I definitely agree.
Apr 21, 2017 08:41:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
She's too new for me to know her name, especially with the wording of that headline, and "may" has too many uses in English. "Churchill," "Brown," and "Blair," I would know right away.
So just how "old" does she have to be for you to comprehend? The headline makes perfect sense to just about anyone with 2nd grade competence in English and your post is silly.
Apr 21, 2017 08:59:34 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
If you know who Theresa May is, there is really no confusion.
Apr 21, 2017 09:17:59 #
FrankR
Loc: NYC
Looked pretty straight forward to me, especially if you read the sentence in lower case.
Apr 21, 2017 09:28:37 #
jerryc41 wrote:
When headlines are in all caps and devoid of punctuation, getting the meaning can be a challenge.
This poor guy is getting walloped for grammatical errors and decreased interest in current affairs. He is simply making an observation without proof reading. Too many of us are posturing; using this opportunity to strut a little knowledge and some of the comments are pedantic.
However, JerryC41, when you casually confirm you don't have much interest in politics and current world affairs, you are chumming the waters for the sharks!
Apr 21, 2017 09:38:07 #
FrumCA wrote:
Unfortunately it seems as though most 'newspapers' have turned into mostly pages and pages of opinions.
How true. Whatever happened to real news?
Apr 21, 2017 10:13:18 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I avoid as much news as I possibly can. Too depressing. I prefer to laugh my day away on UHH. 
Apr 21, 2017 12:40:26 #
jerry, I believe your response is GREAT. Seems to me I do watch Too Damned much news. What with all of the Rioting at the Liberal Colleges, and the Very Fake News Media, I am going to devote MORE TIME to UHH AND MY RELATIVELY NEW P900. THANKS FOR SHOWING ME THE LIGHT!
Apr 21, 2017 13:06:12 #
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Apr 21, 2017 14:21:11 #
n3eg wrote:
One of my favorite headlines read like this: "70,000 BC Teachers Strike". It was about British Columbia teachers going on strike.
I rewrote the article to read "Wilma Flintstone led a large group of teachers carrying stone tablets and demanding higher wages."
I rewrote the article to read "Wilma Flintstone led a large group of teachers carrying stone tablets and demanding higher wages."
So did Wilma get the raise? You can't just not tell us.
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