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T509 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

vet

Hi, everyone.

I found the title of an article on newspaper.

War exacts top toll on bottom echelons: vet

What does it mean, "vet" in this case?

And how does the colon function?

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Vet here is almost certainly short for "veteran," someone who has served in the armed forces. For a minute, I thought you were asking a completely unrelated question about the lower intestine. The colon here "announces" what war is taking its toll on.

— Delmobile

  • Vet here is almost certainly short for "veteran," someone who has served in the armed forces.
  • For a minute, I thought you were asking a completely unrelated question about the lower intestine.
  • The colon here "announces" what war is taking its toll on.
  • " I am not sure that this is technically a correct use of the colon, but I'm sure someone else here can advise us.
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Vet here is almost certainly short for "veteran," someone who has served in the armed forces.
For a minute, I thought you were asking a completely unrelated question about the lower intestine.
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0Hi guys,02br
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01b01font00War exacts top toll on bottom echelons: vet02font02b02br
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00Newspaper headlines often use a colon like this to attribute a statement to a person, ie to indicate who said it.02br
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00eg Mission accomplished: Bush02br
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00eg Mis
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0Thank you two: Delmobile & Clive050010id1
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0Clive, I think you're right and I'm going to stop answering questions late at night when I'm tired.05002br
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00But doesn't that kind of colon usually come first? Bush: Mission Accomplished 010id10
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0Hi Del,02br
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00It could come first, but I'd say that usually the quote itself comes first because it is the focus of the story.02br
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00Clive 050010id1
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