[Lazamataz]

Police Shot And Kill Burglar(IN)

Wouldn't it be really cool if the people that write headlines ACTUALLY KEPT THE HEADLINE IN THE SAME CASE??!?

Police SHOOT AND KILL Burglar, or Police SHOT AND KILLED Burglar.

You see, as this headline is written, I can only conclude that the police shot a burglar (past tense) but then dragged his wounded body to the station where they are in the process of killing the burglar (present tense).

This sounds like a gross violation of the civil rights of the burglar. Either that, or illiterate morons are the norm at most centers of journalism. One or the other must be true.

[Fido969]

Tense. You mean and you are.

[NativeSon]

That’s because spell check didn’t turn it red so it must be OK.

[marktwain]

I saw it Laz, but I can not change the headlines. Freerepublic rules.

[gettinolder]

Painful to read English composed like this.

[Lazamataz]

Police Shot And Kill Burglar(IN)

Wouldn't it be really great if the people that write headlines ACTUALLY KEPT THE HEADLINE IN THE SAME TENSE??!?

Police SHOOT AND KILL Burglar, or Police SHOT AND KILLED Burglar.

You see, as this headline is written, I can only conclude that the police shot a burglar (past tense) but then dragged his wounded body to the station where they are in the process of killing the burglar (present tense).

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The level of abject illiteracy in journalism is striking. Since journalists are mostly liberal and communist, and since Saul Alinsky teaches to make others live to their own standards, and also that mockery is the most effective weapon a man can wield, I have created the....

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[Cuttnhorse]

Hey Laz,
Glad to see I'm not the only one who grinds teeth over some of the grammar on FR.
Thought you might enjoy this: