Why are headlines in present tense

In most cases the texts sounded fine, but in some a bit clumsy. However, after a while I got even got used to the clumsiness.

Thank you for your comments. The use of English articles is an art. My mother tongue is Czech and we have no articles. Therefore we have no feeling for them. Even though we learn that the article a an comes from the numeral one, and the article the from this or that, it helps little. And then when it comes to the zero article, we have nothing to hold on to.

Our only hope is that English does away with articles! Thank you again. Thank you Phil. May Allah bless upon u, I have brought your two books these are very good. Your works very rich. Thanks for publishing this article!

I understand this is a complex subject and it must be hard to synthetise everything but I find that some parts lack clarity or use words that are hard to understand even for a professional linguist as myself… Maybe adding some asterisks stars to explain those confusing words would help achieve an even more useful article.

Hope this comment will prove useful! Hi Lilac, thank you for the suggestions — yes sometimes I can take things for granted with these explanations, I will have a look at providing some simple examples to clarify the technical terms, as you say! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. ELB has produced a series of bestselling English guides, available from all major retailers, with over 35, copies sold worldwide.

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Parliament confirms new stray dog policy Lion escapes zoo If we want to demonstrate the result of an action, or that something was completed, we can use perfect tenses e. Lion recaptured earlier today. Parliament confirming new policies every day. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines. The views expressed in comments published on newindianexpress.

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Nooks and crannies. Semantic enigmas. The body beautiful. Red tape, white lies. Speculative science. This sceptred isle. He said, she said: Use attribution when needed but avoid attribution gimmicks, such as the colon or dash, whenever possible. Avoid the use of the articles a, an and the unless they are needed for clarity. Otherwise, their use generally is considered padding. See Problem headlines. Example of double entendre : The following is a famous headline.

Not only does it have a double entendre, but the bad break at the end of the first line contributes to the problem. Street sales for the newspaper were extraordinary that day; the edition sold out in a remarkably short time. Makes Offer To Screw Co. Stockholders Need I say more? Lincoln-Douglas debate today xxx acceptable in narrow, multi-line headlines at Dole Center. Lincoln: War inevitable; victory essential The semicolon above is used normally: separating two thoughts of equal weight.

Lincoln says war inevitable; Davis agrees. Lincoln offers compromise, Davis declines awkward. Clinton: I'm not two- not acceptable; awkward break timing the First Lady. Clinton says no affair; Starr not acceptable; awkward break maintains he's got evidence.

Clinton: No affair; Starr: not acceptable; see Evidence says it happened explanation below. Clinton: No affair; Starr: His probe horrible; see proves it happened more than once explanation below. Clinton, Gore, Dole, Kemp to meet, debate.