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It’s newspaper headline dialect. Normally it’d be “A Chick-fil-A owner” or “The Chick-fil-A owner” depending on which one it is, but news headlines often omit the article (in this case “a”).
It originated partially as a way to save money, letters were expensive, and partially to keep people’s attention by not taking too long to read; but now it’s mostly just historical and used because many headlines don’t “sound right” without it.
No, here specificity is important and wouldn’t have required a grammatical article, but rather a proper qualifier. The difference between a high-profile person and a lower-profile person. This article title was written in a misleading way for click farming.
Chick-Fil-A owner =/= Chick-Fil-A franchise owner
It’s newspaper headline dialect. Normally it’d be “A Chick-fil-A owner” or “The Chick-fil-A owner” depending on which one it is, but news headlines often omit the article (in this case “a”).
It originated partially as a way to save money, letters were expensive, and partially to keep people’s attention by not taking too long to read; but now it’s mostly just historical and used because many headlines don’t “sound right” without it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/ofxnbn/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/pzdleo/
^ Reddit threads of people talking about the phenomenon
It may be confusing for those not accustomed to such things, especially ESL learners.
No, here specificity is important and wouldn’t have required a grammatical article, but rather a proper qualifier. The difference between a high-profile person and a lower-profile person. This article title was written in a misleading way for click farming.