As I was looking through the slides this week there was one rule in particular that caught my attention. It was No. 5 of the headline rules. The tip read " In headlines, a comma may be substituted for "and" when two subjects go with one verb." The reason that I am glad I learned this rule is because it helps me understand why some headlines are a little choppy. There have been several times when I had to read the headline more than once to know what it was referring to. This could be due to poor headline writing, but I also think it is because I was unaware of this rule.
This week I was reading KSL.com when I saw the error below that was not corrected before the article was published. In my opinion the author meant to remove one of these words but didn't when the final edit was done. In my opinion the sentence needs to have the word "is" removed so it flows like it should.
like you i skim the headlines to see if the article is worth my time reading the article. however, i have had many times where the headline gives me a false sense of worth in that it tricks me into thinking the article would be worth my time when it was not at all. i have seen a lot of these types of mistakes since i started this class
ReplyDeleteReading the news is a great way to see what works for headlines. I think that gives you an advantage over everyone else trying to write headlines for the first time. "Is has" is the perfect error. As news gets faster and online access increases, the attention to detail is disappearing. It is essential for all writers to gain habits that will allow them to write efficiently.
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