Does the Line Under the Newspaper Headline Need to End in a Period?
Question by Eggggpie: Does the line under the newspaper headline need to end in a period?
It is not common that you would see a line under the headline of a newspaper that explains a little further of what the content of the article is about. However, I must include one in my article for an English assignment but I’m not sure whether I need to end it off with a period or not:
“Transplant recipient dies from liver failure after alcohol abuse”
Best answer:
Answer by rejectedzipper
I guess you mean the sub-heading.
Headlines and subs are NOT punctuated except for colons, thus
“Miller to Unions : Drop Dead”
Answer by checkmate
It depends on the house style that usually does eschew punctuation to convey an atmosphere of immediacy but a sentence should begin with a capital letter and end in a full stop (period to Americans and Scots of a certain age).
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