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English In Use - 'Turn Left, Turn Left'

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

Funny little headline in the Daily Star on a story that police stopped a learner driver on the M62 motorway between Huddersfield and Oldham because, instead of having a qualified driver with her, she had a parrot in the passenger seat! Police posted a picture on Twitter saying: "Since parrots are not authorised to supervise learner drivers, her vehicle has been seized."

The headline of 'Turn Left, Turn Left' is just the sort of phrase which could have been offered by her parrot.

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