Noun + noun in newspaper headlines B
Newspaper headlines often save space by using the noun + noun structure instead of the noun + preposition structure. Strings of three or four nouns are common:
- Weary holidaymakers face Newcastle airport strike chaos
- Southampton doc cleared drugs negligence
- Kidnap child found safe
- Hotel manager found guilty wedding food-poisoning
- Top clothing firms adopt Fairtrade cotton labels
What you read and what it probably means