Beeb noun modifier prang record
I don't think I've ever seen a six-word noun hed before, but even the BBC has its surprises:
Gaza white flag deaths probe call
Gaza white flag deaths probe call
posted by fev at 8:02 PM
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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3 Comments:
I count only five nouns here (plus one adjective that, in my writing style, would be joined to the following noun with a hyphen).
Yes, I'd count "white" as an adj too; I think of this as a noun hed because it looks to be all one giant noun phrase. ("Nude pic row vicar" isn't all nouns either.)
I still like CLUB FIGHT BLOCKS RAIL RIVER TUBE PLAN, which is actually a proper sentence with a 4-word nominal compound.
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