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EXAMPLES OF JOURNALESE

:"The Governor Thursday ..."
:"The Nov. 22, 1963, Assassination of John F. Kennedy .."
:"Mean streets and densely wooded areas populated by ever-present lone Gunmen ..."
:"Negotiators yesterday, in an Eleventh-hour decision following Marathon talks, hammered out agreement on a key Wage provision they earlier had rejected."
:" A Bus Plunged Into A Gorge "
Copy Editors are sometimes afflicted by Headlinese .


FURTHER READING

  • Fritz Spiegl : ''Keep Taking the Tabloids. What the Papers Say and How They Say It'' (1983)



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