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Panda blue 483 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Type of usage.

University fees scrapped and every adult offered free study.

Companies to be brought into public ownership.

Billions to upgrade every home to be energy efficient.


Where do these stand grammatically without a finite verb? Just informal newspaper usage?



Introduce a shorter working week within a decade.

Scrap the benefit scheme and create a new policy.

Are these imperatives: (you can: scrap and you will: introduce for instance?



  

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panda blue 483 Where do these stand grammatically without a finite verb? Just informal newspaper usage? They seem like bullet-point style to me.

  • panda blue 483 Where do these stand grammatically without a finite verb?
  • Just informal newspaper usage?
  • They seem like bullet-point style to me.
  • This style is not specific to journalism.
  • They could also be subheadings, I suppose.
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panda blue 483Where do these stand grammatically without a finite verb? Just informal newspaper usage?

They seem like bullet-point style to me. This style is not specific to journalism. They could also be subheadings, I suppose. I would need to see the context.

panda blue 483Are these imperatives: (you can: scrap and you will: in

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