It’s not permissible in regular English grammar, but it’s used in headlines, which have somewhat different rules. I’d guess that you’re not a native speaker – I used to hang out on /r/Europe a lot, which had a lot of people who spoke English as a second language, and they had tons of people saying that they couldn’t understand newspaper headlines.
It is from a time when physical space to fit the actual printed words was at a premium. However, these days it is kept mostly by traditional journalism outlets as brevity in a headline isn’t just about space on a page but in quickly summarizing.
You only use a comma when listing 3 or more items. Milk, eggs, and cheese. Saying “milk, cheese” is lazy and just reeks of a writer who thinks they’re too good for the rules.
The comma after Facebook is really pissing me off.
It’s not permissible in regular English grammar, but it’s used in headlines, which have somewhat different rules. I’d guess that you’re not a native speaker – I used to hang out on /r/Europe a lot, which had a lot of people who spoke English as a second language, and they had tons of people saying that they couldn’t understand newspaper headlines.
Replacing an “and” with a comma has been a headline style for like a century. I like that it reads like a professional headline.
Sorry we can’t do talk more normals for ya
That’s pretty standard formatting for a headline.
Yeah, this seems to be a thing a lot of news headlines do. So annoying
Maybe bc I’m not a native speaker but I don’t get it. Is a comma equivalent to an ‘and’? This is how I read it anyway.
And it is indeed super common in headlines. Maybe to keep word count lower?
That makes the most sense to me: a relic from printed news that editors continue using in order to feel like editors.
It is from a time when physical space to fit the actual printed words was at a premium. However, these days it is kept mostly by traditional journalism outlets as brevity in a headline isn’t just about space on a page but in quickly summarizing.
You only use a comma when listing 3 or more items. Milk, eggs, and cheese. Saying “milk, cheese” is lazy and just reeks of a writer who thinks they’re too good for the rules.
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Hey WSJ is trying their best. Okay!