Frank Wales wrote:
Mo McRoberts wrote:
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 03:11:28PM +0000, Frank Wales wrote:
So, am I supposed to conclude that:
43.2 Floods body is missing policeman
is noticeably easier to read than:
22.6 Whisky body backs safe drinking
I’d contend that in terms of sheer readability of the headlines, the
floods one is far worse—in that it takes far more effort, but having
successfully parsed both, I’d have a reasonable idea of what both
stories relate to (enough for me to decide whether to read them or
not).
So would I, hence my asking for the clarification that Brian
provided.
Indeed, there is a completely sensible parse of the first headline
that makes it about a flood-related organization that is
currently suffering from the absence of a police officer.
Indeed. But there is context, and headlines are always confined to a few
words.
Gordo
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