It's not Mirsada Buric's fault. That headline writer has got to go. Grammar does actually matter. Here were your easy choices:
"Police arrest man, charge attempted murder"
"Police make arrest, charge attempted murder"
"Police charge attempted murder"
(Except they weren't actually police per se, they were sheriff's deputies. Ah well, details, details.)
These would have required just a bit more imagination:
"Attempted murder charge for Glendale man"
"Cafe shooting results in arrest"
"Glendale man arrested in BCC shooting"
"Abused bus passenger exercises 2nd-Amendment right"
OK, well maybe that last was over the top, but you get the picture. It's just not that hard.
For readers of the Daily Courier in Prescott, Arizona. Comment and discuss. Be nice, now.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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Isn't headline writing covered in journalism 101?
ReplyDeleteDepends on the school, apparently.
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