Foreign secretary met Donald Trump but was unable to secure appointment with Mike Johnson, as he presses US officials to pass $60 billion military package
  • wewbullEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Odd headline. It needs the word “is” in there.

    “Lord Cameron is denied meeting with US speaker in blow to Ukraine aid push”.

    Otherwise it reads as if he’s denying having met with him.

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      It’s confusing to see which words are left out in some titles. I’ve often wondered if there’s any sort of style guide for article titles.

      • disheveledWallaby@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        It’s a remnant of when they had text size constraints in print media. Sot sure if there is a style guide so to speak but I think they used to concatenate sentences as small as possible while still conveying the authors intended meaning.

        • wewbullEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          …while still conveying the authors intended meaning.

          The headline writer failed then.