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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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BBC using country nouns as adjectives

Why is the BBC website using nouns instesd of adjectives in it's headlines. For example "Itay woman discovered..." and "Chile men found..." instead of italian and chilean?
  

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Why is the BBC website using nouns instead of adjectives in its headlines ? " instead of I talian and C hilean? Possibly to save a little space.

  • Why is the BBC website using nouns instead of adjectives in its headlines ?
  • " instead of I talian and C hilean?
  • Possibly to save a little space.
  • Possibly to stress that eg the men are physically in Chile.
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Why is the BBC website using nouns instead of adjectives in its headlines? For example "Italy woman discovered..." and "Chile men found..." instead of Italian and C

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