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Steam mach Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Omit article + BE verb

I saw the sentence:

Methane truck waiting at the production site.

What's the difference between that to the sentence:

A methane truck is waiting at the production site.


when can we omit the article + the 'be' verb?

  

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steam mach when can we omit the article + the 'be' verb? Such a thing is common in a headline in a newspaper—it is probably shortened to attract attention.

  • steam mach when can we omit the article + the 'be' verb?
  • Such a thing is common in a headline in a newspaper—it is probably shortened to attract attention.
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steam machwhen can we omit the article + the 'be' verb?

Such a thing is common in a headline in a newspaper—it is probably shortened to attract attention.

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between that and

steam machWhat's the difference

Not much. If it is a photo caption, that is the usual telegraphic style, except it shouldn't have a period at the end. A headline would have likely also omitted the "the" before "production".

steam machwhen can we omit the article + the 'be' verb?

When can we s

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