[Grammar] past participle after a noun phrase

[vpkannan]

Hi

'A major explosion and fire swept through a temple due to a fireworks display gone wrong.'

Is the above sentence grammatically correct with regard to the usage of 'gone wrong' after a noun phrase?

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

It would be better as "which went wrong". Was this a newspaper headline?

 

[GoesStation]

Yes, it's fine.

 

[vpkannan]

It would be better as "which went wrong". Was this a newspaper headline?

Yes, it is a news portal headline. Even then, is it OK to use non-grammatical forms in news headlines?

 

[GoesStation]

Yes, it is a news portal headline. Even then, is it OK to use non-grammatical forms in news headlines?

News organizations sometimes relax some rules of grammar in headlines. However, your sentence is not an example of the practice. It contains no grammatical errors.

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER

I think that maybe your sentence is an ellipsis [missing words] of "A major explosion swept through a temple due to a fireworks display [that had] gone wrong."

P.S. A few (very few!) teachers might even prefer "because of" instead of "due to" in your sentence.

 

[emsr2d2]

According to the news reports in the UK, the fire was caused by some stored fireworks somehow catching fire, causing an explosion where they were being stored. It was not a firework display which went wrong - the fireworks were being stored in readiness for a display in a few days (permission for which had been denied).