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Headline: Scots trapped in hotel by coronavirus are flown home
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51713552
In this article, it says:
A group of 10 Scots who had been confined to their hotel in Tenerife since last week because of coronavirus have been flown back to the UK.
So ‘are flown’ in the headline means ‘have been flown’, a finished action.
If it is not put in a headline, does it still mean ‘a finished action’?
For example, let’s put a similar sentence in the main body of another news report, or you hear something similar from a TV news channel:
British expats trapped in China are flown home.
Does the above sentence mean that they are already home or they’re scheduled to be flown home?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51713552
In this article, it says:
A group of 10 Scots who had been confined to their hotel in Tenerife since last week because of coronavirus have been flown back to the UK.
So ‘are flown’ in the headline means ‘have been flown’, a finished action.
If it is not put in a headline, does it still mean ‘a finished action’?
For example, let’s put a similar sentence in the main body of another news report, or you hear something similar from a TV news channel:
British expats trapped in China are flown home.
Does the above sentence mean that they are already home or they’re scheduled to be flown home?
