Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think this is grammatically correct.
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Headline grammar works differently than normal sentences. "To be" and "a/an" are usually omitted. (A) black man at Walgreens (is) impressed by how attentively employees (are) tailing him. https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/02/18/the-grammar-of-newspaper-headlines/ …
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I get that much but they could have dropped the -ing on tailing him and it would mean the same thing
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No, it wouldn't. "Tail" would mean he's impressed with how they usually tail him. "Tailing" means how they are currently tailing him at the present time.
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And this wouldn’t convey the same message?
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No. The headline (and article) detail one particular instance of TAILING as it's happening, contrasting it to how lazily other employees usually TAIL him.
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To put it another way, everybody poops. But not everybody is pooping right now at this very moment.
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Yeah but if I tell you I’m pooping and you read it after the fact it doesn’t make a difference if I say “I pooped” instead.
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Ohhh, I get it -- because racism! Hahaha really unique social commentary guys. Never seen that punchline before hahaha. Keep it up!
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You probably shouldn't be following
@TheOnion
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He's got glasses, meaning he's going to steal books, like the filthy bookworm he is.
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But don't try to use a coupon!
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Wait til he gets to the pharmacy desk and the pharmacist finds some crazy religious reason to discriminate against him.
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Fake news. Walgreens employees dont do shit but lay at their counters on their phones until someone checks out.
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And those are the managers.
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Amber Says What on Seth Meyers "They treat me like a Queen at CVS . . . they walk around behind me."
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Amber is a national treasure.
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100% agree,
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Irrelevant
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