Re: seen on MSNBC
From: alexV (alexV7623_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/17/04
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:04:11 -0500
"Harlan Messinger" <h.messinger@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2vul4eF2pv4qpU1@uni-berlin.de...
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> "alexV" <alexV7623@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:IridnRgwO4jYZwTcRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
> > Despite ‘pinpoint targeting,’ fight left city in shambles
> >
> > What is wrong with this sentence?
>
> Linguistically, logically, physically, or geosociopolitically?
>
> If it's a headline, it should be in the present tense and have more
> upper-case initials. If not, it should have a period.
I might be wrong but what struck me was the absence of the article 'a'
before "shambles." I think it is unusual. I do not remember not seeing it
too often. Although, come to think of it, as all rightly noticed it was a
headline and from this standpoint maybe it is even natural. Tell me that it
is "NATURAL."
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