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SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE GRAMMAR
2. Newspaper Grammar
Japanese newspapers use certain sentence forms, phrases, and words which are
not common to other writing.
(1) Headlines
A. Ellipsis of particles and verbals
In newspaper headlines the topic marker wa and case markers are often
dropped. (Particularly, ellipsis of the subject marker ga and the direct object
marker o is common.) Predictable verbals are also dropped.
Examples:
(1) a. & 22 k%iG&nt) $Mi: (&.a)
(Earth resource satellite goes into orbit)
to I ihri
b. %mm2 (E)&Ik7(*5)
(Public high schools to raise tuition)
c. ~777%&(~)&%K(&5)
I: ltLeLL~4r? (K~&TQ)
Y~~~Y~~~'J(~J).)%DEI~A~~-~(E)
(Emphasis on East Asia becomes clear/ Du Pont Japan appoints
first Japanese president)
t f d. d.( BL~V~W* rnr <
d. %&~i~iwmmqzw~t:m tea) [mi
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(Government should make an effort to solve land price problems)
[Editorial]
(For examples of wa-omission, see (4a) and (4b).)
Note: As seen in (Id), particles are not dropped in imperative sentences.
B. Ellipsis of no
The noun connector no is often dropped in long noun compounds (particularly,
in those which contain more than one no).
