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English In Use - 'Pound For lbs'

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

 

Once you know that 'lbs' is an abbreviation for pounds in weight, it is logical that the Daily Mirror used it in their headline of 'Pounds for lbs' on a story that the British National Health Service is considering a plan in which overweight people with receive cash or gift vouchers if they lose weight - as long as they have jobs.

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