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Seagull Posted 12 years ago
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Funny newspaper headlines
Finally, here are, in quick succession, some of the funniest headline mistakes. Most 'but not all) have errors; can you spot them?
"Chronicle Herald claims six awards for journalism"
"Study shows frequent sex enhances pregnancy chances"
"Diana was still alive hours before she died"
"Missippi's literacy program show improvement"
"Homicide victims rarely talk to police"
This is the closing passage from a magazine article featuring silly mistakes newspapers made. What is funny about these headlines? I kind of get the second through the fourth, but I don't know the first and the fifth very well. Could you explain the two headlines (or, all the five, if you please) and tell me how they should be corrected.
"Chronicle Herald claims six awards for journalism"
"Study shows frequent sex enhances pregnancy chances"
"Diana was still alive hours before she died"
"Missippi's literacy program show improvement"
"Homicide victims rarely talk to police"
This is the closing passage from a magazine article featuring silly mistakes newspapers made. What is funny about these headlines? I kind of get the second through the fourth, but I don't know the first and the fifth very well. Could you explain the two headlines (or, all the five, if you please) and tell me how they should be corrected.
Top answer
Homicide victims are dead. I don't understand why the first one is funny.
- Homicide victims are dead.
- I don't understand why the first one is funny.
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Homicide victims are dead.
I don't understand why the first one is funny.
I don't understand why the first one is funny.
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I had to look up the first one: The newspaper misspelled "Chronicle" in the original article as "Chroinicle".
5: Homicide victims are dead, they never talk to police.
5: Homicide victims are dead, they never talk to police.
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