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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Reduction of passive voice

Sometime passive voice sentences are reduced to a shorter form even though the new form is not adjective phrase or modifying adverbial phrase,like:

Target acquired or Boston Bombs Packed in Pressure Cookers

As much as I know was acquired and were packed are correct,

It sounds unnatural to me ,what kind of reduction is it?
  

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It is headline English.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is headline English.
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Mister MicawberIt is headline English.
But I heard the former in a movie ,that was not a headline
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bmojtabaBut I heard the former in a movie
'Headline' or 'Telegram' English occurs in various situations. That case was probably military, wasn't it?
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Mister MicawberThat case was probably military, wasn't it?
No ,that wasn't .That was a dialogue in an American sitcom ( How I met your mother )
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Nonetheless, it is in imitation of military jargon.
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