ZWho63@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happenslemmy.mlimagemessage-square259fedilinkarrow-up1915arrow-down145file-text
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minus-squaresnowraven@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·1 year agoIs it me or the headline is worded strangely?
minus-squaretilcica@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoyeah its very weird “as the death toll reaches 22 people, the suspect was found out to be a US army reservist”
minus-squareJilanico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoThey probably want to front load the headline with the most salient development, namely the identity of the shooter.
minus-squareTheFlopster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-21 year agoI think it might be the word “named” instead of “identified.” That and the two “as” appositive phrases prepositional phrases in a row.
minus-squaresnowraven@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoRight, it makes sense to me now. The double “as” was definitely confusing, but “identified” instead of “named” immediately made the sentence clear. Thanks.
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s a reference to this Onion article that gets updated with a new date and location every time this happens. The Onion didn’t get theirs listed until 8 hours after OP though, which is why I’m assuming they just didn’t link the article.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s because it’s an update to ongoing reporting
minus-squaredrolex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s only weird when you don’t know anybody called “US army reservist” but it’s a fairly common name around here -US Coast Guard war criminal
Is it me or the headline is worded strangely?
yeah its very weird
“as the death toll reaches 22 people, the suspect was found out to be a US army reservist”
They probably want to front load the headline with the most salient development, namely the identity of the shooter.
I think it might be the word “named” instead of “identified.” That and the two “as”
appositive phrasesprepositional phrases in a row.Right, it makes sense to me now. The double “as” was definitely confusing, but “identified” instead of “named” immediately made the sentence clear. Thanks.
It’s a reference to this Onion article that gets updated with a new date and location every time this happens.
The Onion didn’t get theirs listed until 8 hours after OP though, which is why I’m assuming they just didn’t link the article.
It’s because it’s an update to ongoing reporting
It’s only weird when you don’t know anybody called “US army reservist” but it’s a fairly common name around here
-US Coast Guard war criminal