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English In Use - 'Herring Aid'

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.

Just change one letter and hey presto you have a headline! The Daily Mirror reported that factory worker Sheila Atkinson, from Grimsby in Lincolnshire, agreed to an out of court settlement with the Icelandic Group after being left partially deaf from 13 years of making fish fingers.  Allegedly she was never offered ear defenders when using noisy machinery in the factory.

The headline reads 'Herring Aid', using herring (a fish), instead of hearing - get it?

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