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.
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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