FFS do they really have to write headlines that imply the exact opposite of what happened? At first read, I thought the woman had been made to pay £3k, not that she had gotten paid £3k.
I know “headlinese” is a thing and all, but is adding the word “got” really that inconvenient?
FFS do they really have to write headlines that imply the exact opposite of what happened? At first read, I thought the woman had been made to pay £3k, not that she had gotten paid £3k.
I know “headlinese” is a thing and all, but is adding the word “got” really that inconvenient?
I understood it just fine. “Got paid” sounds very informal. “Is paid” or “was paid” would be slightly clearer.
The opposite would be “fined” or “pays”.
I would have went with awarded.
Edit: This is partly a joke because of the context.
ambiguity makes you read the article
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In case you didn’t figure it out, the headline is ambiguous between her giving or receiving the money. Reading “three more words” doesn’t change that.