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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Not only is that headline's grammar exceptional(ly bad), for a moment I thought the developer of Control was named Alan Wake. Like, how did they manage to butcher that so badly?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

No, it doesn't say "Control developer Alan Wake ..."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If that’s what they meant, there would have been a comma after “Control developer” I believe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

This is not the place for commas. This calls for a slash.

Alan Wake / Control developer agrees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a perfectly normal headline composition.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Sure, but "good" is subjective. I had no confusion from the headline and like that it was direct and to the point.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can tell you weren't on newspaper staff

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

News headlines aren't limited by space on physical paper anymore. If your headline is confusing because of traditions based on outdated limitations it's not a good headline imo.