Can “by itself” be grammatically correct? Is “by itself” a wrong word?
On posting things on posters, we forgive some misogynistic sentences.
Was that a silly piece of artwork done for a poster that I actually made?
It is Including ghost hunting and many other
things.
If you can go for a
ghost hunt after 2 hours, I'm going to do it for free by paying.
Both of my iPod speakers are all sounding OK.
Is this actually correct or are both accepted?
What is the meaning of this quote?
Are advertisements “by itself,” such as
an advertising headline, grammatically correct?
the only meaningful answer is: it is incredibly well established, with literally millions of examples, that the headlines on advertising (whether ‘billboards’,’magazine ads’, etc) are — observably — usually (indeed “almost always”), either word fragment or whole sentence. The usage of that terminology is greatly underestimated.
Why is the question “have to be” — as in “ShOULD Saatchi only use full sentences (indeed, grammatically correct ones) for advert headlines?
I mean, I’m all for banning outdoor advertising, as in Sao Paolo..
What does the practice of using a headline as a sentence fragment that gives a story a complete story? How often are labels just labels?
(For example, the sign on a door “Exit” or “Toilet” is not a sentence – it’s a label.)
Both are perfectly correct as the headlines on posters.
I think the second one sounds a little better – also it’s shorter – but the person was totally wrong to tell you it is “grammatically incorrect”.
In America Ghost Hunting is a fact.
Would writing the repeated gerund “including…hunting” less than euphonious?
What are some ghost hunts after 4 pm?
Can you add an article when “show a ghost hunt after hours only”? For example the ghost hunt was done in a darkroom.? Without it, the phrase comes off as headlinese.
If this is just a advertisement, have you considered “Ghost hunting after hours”? “(? Why don’t I bet you go ghost hunting in the light of the day?
I’d like to offer a free (professional) headline here. I’ve only ever done one headline here.
Step one, the account execs (“suits”) would discuss for hours actual factual details like, is it a “free hunt” or “endless free hunting”, what ages are permitted etc. The creatives would completely ignore this and make up some catchy (either rhyming, alliterative, or sexual innuendo-based) headlines.
Example headline.. FREE
FRIGHTS
2NITE
or
what about SO
CHEAP IT’S
SCARY I
leave the rest to your commercially-oriented imagination.
In America Ghost Hunting is a fact.
Would writing the repeated gerund “including…hunting” less than euphonious?
What are some ghost hunts after 4 pm?
Can you add an article when “show a ghost hunt after hours only”? For example the ghost hunt was done in a darkroom.? Without it, the phrase comes off as headlinese.
If this is just a advertisement, have you considered “Ghost hunting after hours”? “(? Why don’t I bet you go ghost hunting in the light of the day?
Both are perfectly correct as the headlines on posters.
I think the second one sounds a little better – also it’s shorter – but the person was totally wrong to tell you it is “grammatically incorrect”.
