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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by throwaway378037 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:41AM (#27192142)
Both are valid, it’s journalistic headline abbreviation. It can be read as:

> [the] shutdown [was] to make sure

Or with your correction it would be read as:

> [it was] shut down to make sure

So it’s not incorrect in the source article, it is just using the noun shutdown, rather than the verb to shut down.

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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by eps on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:42AM (#27192452)
You are being way too generous. Your first expansion is a very big stretch.
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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by throwaway378037 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @09:01AM (#27193987)
Perhaps, though I’m not arguing that it was a good headline. My point was only that it is a valid headline, as long as you understand that shutdown is the noun.
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