Command of the Queen's English?
BBC headline...
"Israelis shoot dead armed woman"
Isn't it poor taste to shoot someone who's already dead ?:-)
...Jim Thompson
Command of the Queen's English?
BBC headline...
"Israelis shoot dead armed woman"
Isn't it poor taste to shoot someone who's already dead ?:-)
...Jim Thompson
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Headline in Conservation Quarterly:
Armed Panda Enters Restaurant, Eats Shoots and Leaves.
In fact Pandas, armed or not, do eat shoots and leaves. However, it would be news if said panda eats, shoots, and leaves.
Well, as I foreigner I would be interested in the correction.
I got the potential ambiguities, but not how to write it correctly.
Passive voice of this sentence seems less ambiguous.
"Armed woman was shot dead by Israelis"
but what's the correct active voice for this?
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NJim Thomps> Command of the Queen's English?
Probably
"Israelis shoot and kill an armed woman"
but it's longer than
"Israelis shoot dead armed woman"
and headlines have to be short.
-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
So why not:
"Israelis shoot armed woman dead"
Exactly same character count.
-- "Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
Seems fine to me - it does split the infinitive, but ony pedants worry about that.
-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
How about "Israelis kill armed woman". Says everything important; saves six characters.
I can just see the headline now:
Lisping Chef Shoots, Serves Pedant Under Glath
Sorry :)
--- Joe
:On Apr 4, 3:37 pm, Jim Thompson wrote: :> Command of the Queen's English? :>
:> BBC headline... :>
:> "Israelis shoot dead armed woman" :>
:> Isn't it poor taste to shoot someone who's already dead ?:-) :>
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In Aus the definition of a bloke referred to as a WOMBAT is someone who Eats, Roots, Shoots and Leaves.
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