In this episode of Thinking in English, I want to introduce you all to the weird language of English newspapers. Newspapers are full of words, vocabulary, grammar, and types of sentences that we normally don’t use in everyday life. And for this reason, it can be difficult for English learners to understand journalism. Hopefully, by the end of this episode, you will have a clearer understanding of Journalese!!

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Vocabulary List

Tabloid (n) - a type of popular newspaper with small pages that has many pictures and short, simple reports

In the UK, the Sun is the most popular tabloid

Confrontation (n) - a fight or argument

There were violent confrontations between police and demonstrators

intransitive verb (n) - a verb which does not have or need an object

In the sentence “I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn’t come”, “come” is an intransitive verb

Intentionally (adv) - with a plan or purpose

The company was accused of intentionally dumping garbage into the river

Ambiguous (adj) - having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes, intentionally

His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous

To convince (v) - to persuade someone or make someone certain

I hope this will convince you to change your mind

Abbreviate (v) - to shorten a word or words, or to make something shorter

We had to abbreviate the names of the states

Subtle (adj) - not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way

The room was painted a subtle shade of pink

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