[Vocabulary] "Kick off the pro-poor policy" Does it make any sense to you?

[masternt89]

My friend suggested me this title for a news-letter and it sounds not really right to me. Could any native speaker please suggest me another title with the same meaning with "Kick off the pro-poor policy"?

Thank you very much.

 

[SoothingDave]

You are in favor of poverty?

 

[masternt89]

You are in favor of poverty?

Thank you, but I just want to have a state with the same order above. I think native speaker won't use the word "kick off" for a policy. May I use the word "start up"?

 

[5jj]

Perhaps you'd like to say, in different words, what message you are trying to convey. It's not clear from the words you have used.


ps. Welcome to the forum. :hi:

 

[masternt89]

Perhaps you'd like to say, in different words, what message you are trying to convey.

Hi, actually I want to say something like: "Start a policy for poor people" but in a news or newsletter title style.

 

[5jj]

Pro-poor policy kicks off.

I am not a lover of headline language, but this is the sort of thing that appears.

 

[masternt89]

Pro-poor policy kicks off.

I am not a lover of headline language, but this is the sort of thing that appears.

Thank you very much, it really helps me out. ;-) So as I understand after your post, people don't prefer to start with a verb in headline language, do they?

 

[SoothingDave]

Starting with the verb makes it seem like a command, like you are ordering someone to kick off the policy. I think you are saying the policy has recently or will soon be kicked off.

 

[5jj]

Starting with the verb makes it seem like a command, like you are ordering someone to kick off the policy. I think you are saying the policy has recently or will soon be kicked off.

I agree - and it sounds to me as if 'kick off' here implies 'kick out, dismiss'.

 

[5jj]

The next question was about a different headline, so I have moved it to a new thread.

 

[TheParser]

people don't prefer to start with a verb in headline language, do they?

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I think that you have made a very good point.

I have just checked my local newspaper (supposedly one of the better American newspapers).

Not one headline started with a verb.

 

[Tdol]

Thank you very much, it really helps me out. ;-) So as I understand after your post, people don't prefer to start with a verb in headline language, do they?

That's not necessarily correct- headlines can and do start with verbs. However, the majority don't. I have just looked at a few British newspaper sites to see what they have today (Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Mail). A quick scan shows two of them have headlines starting with verbs. This may suggest that it's not so common, but it is OK.