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Introduce myself Hi ! I'm Japanese woman who want to improve my English. I'd like to watch American movies and TV shows without subtitles. I decided to write a English diary everyday if I can. I read following article today and a question occurred. Title is "Diver killed by shark off South-West beach" http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/diver-killed-by-shark-off-busselton/story-e6frg13u-1226315174087. Why did not title use "was"? (the passive) Just ellipsis?

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Hi irishstudent, Thank you so much for your comment. I totally understood why there was no "was" in that sentence. Thank you!
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In a normal sentence, it would probably say A diver was killed by shark. But I think since it's the title of an article, they decided to omit it.

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