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Full disclosure, I didn't do very well in my English classes, but a few headlines at Meangreensports.com seem strange to me.  I realize this is nit-picky, but is there some rule in the way the headline is constructed that makes this syntactically correct?  It seems to be this way only for Volleyball team headlines.

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Volleyball Fall to No. 14 Baylor (should this be Falls to?)

Volleyball Make Trip to Visit No. 14 Baylor (should this be Makes Trip?)

Volleyball Suffer Defeat to Portland State (should this be Suffers Defeat?)

 

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1 hour ago, keith said:

Full disclosure, I didn't do very well in my English classes, but a few headlines at Meangreensports.com seem strange to me.  I realize this is nit-picky, but is there some rule in the way the headline is constructed that makes this syntactically correct?  It seems to be this way only for Volleyball team headlines.

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Volleyball Fall to No. 14 Baylor (should this be Falls to?)

Volleyball Make Trip to Visit No. 14 Baylor (should this be Makes Trip?)

Volleyball Suffer Defeat to Portland State (should this be Suffers Defeat?)

 

Was this written by someone who was not raised in this hemisphere? Perhaps Asian?

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3 hours ago, keith said:

Full disclosure, I didn't do very well in my English classes, but a few headlines at Meangreensports.com seem strange to me.  I realize this is nit-picky, but is there some rule in the way the headline is constructed that makes this syntactically correct?  It seems to be this way only for Volleyball team headlines.

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Volleyball Fall to No. 14 Baylor (should this be Falls to?)

Volleyball Make Trip to Visit No. 14 Baylor (should this be Makes Trip?)

Volleyball Suffer Defeat to Portland State (should this be Suffers Defeat?)

 

It depends on if "Volleyball" refers to the team or the actual volleyball.

If the former, which it appears to be, the grammar is correct. 

If the latter, the verbs should indeed be changed.

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32 minutes ago, Old Denton said:

It depends on if "Volleyball" refers to the team or the actual volleyball.

If the former, which it appears to be, the grammar is correct. 

If the latter, the verbs should indeed be changed.

So that makes Soccer Falls at No. 16 SMU, 3-0 incorrect?

Edit:  It must be the team because it would have to be Volleyball ball to refer to the ball.

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