I've heard of "legalese" before, but not "journalese" so needless to say, I was curious what I would learn upon reading chapter 6. Obviously, I've been inundated with this kind of verbiage because I barely noticed anything wrong with the examples until they were pointed out. I definitely needed to read this chapter because I realized that I have a tendency to fall into that rut. Anyhow, below are a few examples I pulled out from the article I found to demonstrate journalese in action.
"the cats wasted no time fitting into their new home"
"the Jungs' happy day took a turn for the worse"
"That's when Pudding sprang into action."
"The fast-acting feline"
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