Newspaper Headlines, Such as "Two Convicts Evade Noose, Jury Hung

Multiple Choice

Newspaper headlines, such as "Two Convicts Evade Noose, Jury Hung", may strike us as funny. From the perspective of language, this is because the phrase or headline

A) is impossible to interpret.
B) has ambiguous meaning.
C) has no literal interpretation.
D) lacks subject-verb agreement.