One of the things I learned this week is the correct way to punctuate a headline. I did not realize that headlines use a comma for the word “and,” and a colon to signify that someone is speaking. I also learned that single quotation marks are used in headlines instead of double quotation marks. As I looked for different headlines, I noticed that the semicolon is not used very often. This is probably because there are many people who do not know how to use a semicolon.
Headlines are all about saving space. That is why these rules have been established. I wonder if these rules will still be important as the number of news articles online increase.
Headlines are much harder to writer than they appear. I noticed that simple words were usually better than complex words because simple words are shorter. There were many times I tried to use a great verb that was too short for a whole line, but no other words could fix next to it.
My spelling mistake for the week is a text message I received from a group text message. One of the people typed Wedmesday instead of Wednesday. I’m surprised his autocorrect did not fix the mistake.
Thank you for your post. Punctuation rules of headlines were hard for me to understand. Headlines are tricky to write well. I really liked the error you posted. Technology isn't perfect.
ReplyDeletePunctuating headlines is tricky for me too! I liked what you said because I lost some major points last assignment for that XD
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