Jim East@slrpnk.net to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 19 days agoAt least 49 dead in South Africa flooding, students washed away in buswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkAt least 49 dead in South Africa flooding, students washed away in buswww.aljazeera.comJim East@slrpnk.net to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoI’m giving that comma in the hed some serious side-eye. I get Al-Jazeera isn’t an English-native publication, but they usually do better than this. In this context, the comma is saying the two are unrelated. An “as” or “with” fixes the issue.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoWould a semi-colon work, to tie the two phrases together?
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoI’d probably replace it with the word “after”
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoI mean, that could work as well. A comma in a hed replaces “and” – semicolons are very rare, though.
I’m giving that comma in the hed some serious side-eye. I get Al-Jazeera isn’t an English-native publication, but they usually do better than this. In this context, the comma is saying the two are unrelated. An “as” or “with” fixes the issue.
Would a semi-colon work, to tie the two phrases together?
I’d probably replace it with the word “after”
I mean, that could work as well. A comma in a hed replaces “and” – semicolons are very rare, though.