Alan Wake, Control developer agrees €15m convertible loan from Tencent
Alan Wake, Control developer agrees €15m convertible loan from Tencent
Alan Wake and Control developer Remedy has entered into a €15m convertible loan agreement with Tencent.
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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?
40 7 ReplyNo, it doesn't say "Control developer Alan Wake ..."
7 3 ReplyIf that’s what they meant, there would have been a comma after “Control developer” I believe.
3 0 ReplyThis is not the place for commas. This calls for a slash.
Alan Wake / Control developer agrees
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That's a perfectly normal headline composition.
10 8 ReplyThat doesn't mean it's good.
9 3 ReplySure, but "good" is subjective. I had no confusion from the headline and like that it was direct and to the point.
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I can tell you weren't on newspaper staff
6 10 ReplyNews 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 If your headline is confusing because of traditions based on outdated limitations it's not a good headline imo.
6 2 ReplyYour opinion doesn't outweigh decades of an entire industry
3 9 ReplyThat headline would have been rejected decades ago.
4 0 ReplyK. Nor do industry traditions invalidate my opinion.
4 3 ReplyYour opinion has no bearing on the industry standard. Kick rocks, kid.
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