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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

a king without crown?

Holland football (soccer) team is called a king without (a/the?) crown.

Is the blue part normal? Thanks a lot.
  

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) crown . Is the blue part normal? This seems to be a newspaper headline.

— Clive

  • ) crown .
  • Is the blue part normal?
  • This seems to be a newspaper headline.
  • If it is, more normal would be Holland ( or Dutch) football (soccer) team is called king without crown .
  • or perhaps 'uncrowned King' would be more idiomatic.
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Hi,

Holland football (soccer) team is called a king without (a/the?) crown.

Is the blue part normal?
This seems to be a newspaper headline.
If it is, more normal would be


Holland (or Dutch) football (soccer) team is called king without crown. or perhaps 'uncrowned King' would be more idi
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Hi Clive, may I further ask why there is no article like a or the before king and crown? See the red part.
CliveHi,


Holland football (soccer) team is called a king without (a/the?) crown.

Is the blue part normal?
This seems to be a newspaper headline.
If it is, more normal would be


Holland (or Dutch) football (soccer) te
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Hi,

Articles are commonly omitted from newspaper headlines, to make them shorter.

Clive
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