Noun-Noun Modification
At headsup: the blog fev has a complaint about a hed from Fox:
So you think you can write a headline? Let's see if you're good enough to cut it at Fox News, where you have to write a hed using nothing but nouns before you can get your first cup of coffee!The hed? Iraq Soldier Death Hoax Mystery.
Ooooo. A five Noun-Noun Modification! I love these things ... in a "look how cool" sort of way.
The mystery of the hoax about the death of a soldier in Iraq ...How do we know what prepositions to fill in with?
No, seriously. How do we know?
Because we do. Even if it takes a moment to parse it out, we always do.
1 Comments:
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At 10:56 PM, December 18, 2007
fev had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->One of the stalwarts over at TCEs brought in this from Fox:
Admitted Olympic Skater Nancy Kerrigan Attacker Brian Sean Griffith Dies at 40
I'm in awe.
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