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Proteus Jones posted:That one broke my brain. I had to read the first sentence more than once to figure out what the gently caress they were trying to say. This is why commas are important. Boy paralyzed after tumor, fights back to earn black belt.
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ZombieLenin posted:This is why commas are important. If you’re going to do that you need two commas: Boy, paralyzed after tumor, fights back to earn black belt But it’s better to rewrite: Boy fights back to earn black belt after tumor paralyzes him
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Aug 17, 2018 18:42
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Boy kills tumour with,machinegun.
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Besesoth posted:If you’re going to do that you need two commas: This the correct answer.
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Counterpoint: it took me until reading the corrected version with commas to understand how you could possibly misread the original headline. I just couldn't parse it incorrectly and didn't even realize it.
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I took it as an 80s movie where a courageous tumor fought against the bully it was attached to and managed to beat him in a karate tournament that immediately awarded it a black belt. And hell, I was proud of it
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This is yuj/huge news!
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Besesoth posted:If you’re going to do that you need two commas: What do you have against the one comma version? I would change “after” to “by”: Boy paralyzed by tumor, fights back to earn black belt
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Aug 18, 2018 02:27
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Platystemon posted:What do you have against the one comma version? this post, sounds like christopher? walken.
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Platystemon posted:What do you have against the one comma version?
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It’s how journalists use commas. A headline on the Chicago Tribune’s home page right now: quote:Aurora man broke into house, stole woman's underwear while she and her children hid: police <subject> did one thing, did other thing It’s the same format as the blackbelt headline.
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Platystemon posted:It’s how journalists use commas.
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darthbob88 posted:It's also technically wrong. Journalism uses commas sparingly to take up less space and fit more on the page. "Rules" be damned.
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darthbob88 posted:It's also technically wrong. It’s not wrong if the editors and style manual say to do it that way.
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Platystemon posted:It’s how journalists use commas. You're taking it like the newspaper is saying that the kid did one thing (get paralyzed), and then did another (earns a black belt). The intention is to say that the kid, who was paralyzed after having a tumor, later earned a black belt. The difference is subtle, but the latter strikes the tone of "despite being paralyzed this kid earned a black belt" whereas your version gives the impression that those things are both achievements. Also "by" instead of "after" implies causation.
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Baron von Eevl posted:You're taking it like the newspaper is saying that the kid did one thing (get paralyzed), and then did another (earns a black belt). The intention is to say that the kid, who was paralyzed after having a tumor, later earned a black belt. The difference is subtle, but the latter strikes the tone of "despite being paralyzed this kid earned a black belt" whereas your version gives the impression that those things are both achievements. Also "by" instead of "after" implies causation. No. It's pretty clear the tumor fought back and earned a black belt.
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Platystemon posted:It’s how journalists use commas. Boy paralyzed after tumor and fights back to earn black belt There's an unspoken "who was" after the word "boy", so if you expand that out you get: Boy who was paralyzed after tumor and fights back to earn black belt but what you actually want is: Boy who was paralyzed after tumor fights back to earn black belt So if you remove the "who was" you get back to the original headline, which is how that came about in the first place. Then to remove the ambiguity they should have added two commas to separate the "paralysed after tumor" bit. In your other example: Aurora man broke into house, stole woman's underwear while she and her children hid: police the comma can be replaced by an "and", or by a semicolon. Aurora man broke into house; stole woman's underwear while she and her children hid: police darthbob88 posted:It's also technically wrong.
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Platystemon posted:It’s how journalists use commas. To do that, you need two verbs. (“paralyzed by tumor” as a construction is essentially a passive participle and works as an adjective.) This would work: Boy is paralyzed after tumor, fights back to earn black belt You could also use an absolute to create a one-comma sentence: Paralyzed after tumor, boy fights back to earn black belt
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The decision between the single and double comma versions depends, in my view, on how the article treats the kid’s medical episode. If the story is chronological and explains how the kid was paralysed before describing his karate career, one comma works. If it jumps right into the karate (which seems likely, actually), two commas are better.
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https://twitter.com/VICE/status/1030635431916982272
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Platystemon posted:The decision between the single and double comma versions depends, in my view, on how the article treats the kid’s medical episode.
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Vice, I don't think most people agree with you on what that emoji means. 
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 http://www.fox5ny.com/news/restaurant-busted-over-protected-tarantula-tacos 
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"Fancy a tarantula taco for a cool $27" No "Not so fast, Mexican authorities say." Uh okay I guess I could try one
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Hail Satan! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...s-a8495576.html
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You can put up a statue of baphomet but it can't have tits.
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cenotaph posted:You can put up a statue of baphomet but it can't have tits. Not My Baphomet!
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Not My Baphomet! Tits On Your Baphomet? Its More Likely Than You Think!
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Boy, paralysed, after tumor, fights back, to gain a black belt.
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Boy paralysed after, tumor, fights back to, gain a bla,ck belt.
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For sale, black belt, worn by boy who had tumor who then earned it by training in martial arts
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"Finger Prince?! I don't think so!"
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Boy criminal, fingered by police, getting smarter after gaining black belt, better tumours
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black boy,fingers tumour, belts police,,,,,,.
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Boy tumourier; police smarter
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AlbieQuirky posted:TUMOR BOY WINS BLACK BELT TUMOR TEEN TACKLES TAEKWONDO!
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