This article ran in the print version of the Wall Street Journal with the headline “Airbus Fixes Mandated.” After reading it, I wondered “Airbus fixes mandated what?“
But I was wrong. I read “Fixes” as a verb and “Mandated” as an adjective. The headline writer had intended for “Fixes” to be a noun and “Mandated” to be a verb.
English is hard.
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If you wish to become even more disheartened with your grasp of English grammar, I highly recommend the William Foster Wallace Grammar Challenge. http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19945
sorry, David Foster Wallace.