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English In Use - 'Weave Done It'

 

A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.

Why let good grammar spoil a cracking headline. The Sun's story about England footballer Wayne Rooney, who had a £30,000 hair transplant last year, pretending to spray his new weave after heading the winning goal against Ukraine in the Euro 2012 tournament produced the headline 'Weave Done It' instead of 'We've Done It.' Get It? They changed 'We've' to 'Weave'. Clever people these headline writers!

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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