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4.3 Grammatical Features of News Headlines ■ Omission of link verbs such as BE Example ① US carmakers ready to cut output Fears that sales of new vehicles may have dropped 15% Example ② U.S. ATTACKED HIJACKED JETS DESTROY TWIN TOWERS AND HIT PENTAGON IN DAY OF TERROR Example ③ U.S. airborne units（空降部队） on Afghan frontier preparing to strike Example ④ Thames（泰晤士河） approaching danger level ■ Infinitives（不定式） for future events Example ① Republicans to push farm housing Example ② Japan to help elderly jobless Example ③ Hurricane to hit Gulf Coast Your examples… ■Phra