@fossilesque@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoPope Francis has died, the Vatican camerlengo, announcesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square66arrow-up1395cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmygrad.mlnews@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarePrehensile_cloaca linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-23 months agoIt’s passive language. It should read: So and so announces, Pope Francis has died.
minus-square@Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoIf it were an ordinary sentence used in casual conversation, sure. But for a news headline, it makes sense to put the most important information at the beginning.
It’s passive language. It should read: So and so announces, Pope Francis has died.
If it were an ordinary sentence used in casual conversation, sure. But for a news headline, it makes sense to put the most important information at the beginning.