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English In Use - 'One Hundred And Deity'

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.

Lovely headline in The Sun about bearded, darts fan Nathan Grindal, who was asked to leave a major darts championship at Minehead in Somerset because the crowd thought he looked like Jesus. They were chanting 'Jesus' so much that it interrupted play.. The headline of 'One Hundred And Diety' substitutes 'Diety' (a god) for 'Eighty'. 180 is the highest possible score in darts.

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