Creative Editing
Chapter 9
Exercise 14
14. The following headlines appeared in various newspapers in the United States. Can you find fault with any of them? Identify any problems in conceptual terms.
a. Gorillas vow to kill Khomeini
b. School chief hears offer in men's room
c. Volcano killed by suffocation
d. Police brutality postponed
e. Court orders church to produce woman
f. British aide says all inmates to gain now that fast over
g. State provides motorists with winter conditions
h. Excess of vitamins harmful, expensive specialist warns
i. Airport commission to consider holding hearing on runway
j. Shuttle passes test; a worker is killed
k. Museums utilizing TV to attack visitors
l. Defendant's speech ends in long sentence
m. Jury is still out on composting toilets
End of Chapter 7 Exercises
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