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Nor Priest Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence grammatically correct?

Yesterday, Dow Jones dropped 0.5% leading by industrial sector, believed the failure of making compromises between unions and employer.

I want to try writing something as a news headline.

Thank you.
  

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5%, led by its industrial sector's reaction to the failure of compromise between unions and employers . I want to try writing something as a news headline. -- That is not a headline; it is the first sentence of a news report.

— Mister Micawber

  • 5%, led by its industrial sector's reaction to the failure of compromise between unions and employers .
  • I want to try writing something as a news headline.
  • -- That is not a headline; it is the first sentence of a news report.
  • The headline would read something like this: "Dow Jones Drops on Contract Failures".
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Perhaps this is what you are aiming for, Nor Priest:

Yesterday, the Dow Jones dropped 0.5%, led by its industrial sector's reaction to the failure of compromise between unions and employers.

I want to try writing something as a news headline.-- That is not a headline; it is the first sentence of a news report. The headline would r
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