The headline reads Rumours of SARS spreading by SMS. I couldn't believe it! I clicked on the link thinking that there were some very gullible people thinking that you can catch SARS via SMS messages.
No, the article states that rumours, not SARS, were being spread via SMS. Someone needs to pay a little more attention to their wording.
"Plural of noun" can often be simplified to "Noun plural". It works pretty well in this case: "SARS Rumors Spreading by SMS".
Re:Noun Phrase
ziggy on 2003-05-01T17:05:47
Yes, but "Rumors spreading by SMS" is hardly news.:-) The bad grammar certainly got a lot more clickthroughs than a proper headline would.
