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Thee Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Titles, Labels, Headings, Notices, Slogans Missing Stuff

Michael Swan in his book http://ielts-house.net/Ebook/Vocabulary/Practical%20English%20usage.pdf (page 1) writes:

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Titles, labels, headings, notices and slogans usually consist of short phrases,
not complete sentences. Articles are often left out, especially in the names of
buildings and instituations.


ROYAL HOTEL

SUPER CINEMA

INFORMATION OFFICE

BUS STOP

POLICE OUT

MORE MONEY FOR NURSES

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The question is which of this is what and what all of this would look like if it were written in a full way? As I can see

ROYAL HOTEL -signboard/possibly a label

SUPER CINEMA - signboard/possibly a label

INFORMATION OFFICE - signboard/possibly a label
BUS STOP - signboard/possibly a label

POLICE OUT - unknown.../possible a notice
MORE MONEY FOR NURSES - slogan

On the other hand, if something of this is published in a newspaper, it will become a title or a headline. So, I guess all of it can be anything of the list...

Now the full forms. The author doesn't mention any verbs or other words except for the articles that can be left out. So, the matter is in the articles and in a full way all of this should look like

THE ROYAL HOTEL

THE SUPER CINEMA

THE INFORMATION OFFICE
THE BUS STOP

THE POLICE OUT

MORE MONEY FOR THE NURSES

Right?

  

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