THE ONE, LIKE 'VERY' HELPFUL STEP YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING

[GoodTaste]

Cosmopolitan the fashion magazine had one title on its cover named: THE ONE, LIKE 'VERY' HELPFUL STEP YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING.

It seems to me that there has to be "in" before "your job hunt." Is the title okay without "in"?
(Sorry it is hard to upload the picture I took to this site)

 

[teechar]

THE ONE, LIKE 'VERY' HELPFUL STEP that YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING.

Note that "like" is a meaningless filler word in the above. Unfortunately, it is being increasingly used to punctuate speech!
I also inserted "that" to make the headline easier to understand.
Do you get it now?

 

[tedmc]

Should there be a comma after "one"?

 

[teechar]

The whole thing is very casual. Don't worry about the comma.

 

[jutfrank]

Should there be a comma after "one"?

Yes. I think it would be very hard to read without it.

 

[5jj]

THE ONE, VERY' HELPFUL STEP that YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING.

In teechar's version, I think the comma is incorrect.

THE ONE, LIKE 'VERY' HELPFUL STEP YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING.

In the original version, I think a comma after STEP would be (like) very helpful.

 

[Skrej]

Look to Cosmo for tips on how to better please your man and/or current fashion trends, not grammar.

 

[GoodTaste]

Look to Cosmo for tips on how to better please your man/woman and/or current fashion trends, not grammar.

Yes, but the premise is that you are familiar with fashion language. Otherwise those fancy words will surely mislead you.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Should there be a comma after "one"?

Yes, there should be commas on both sides of "like."

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

THE ONE, VERY' HELPFUL STEP that YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING.

In teechar's version, I think the comma is incorrect.

Yes, but it also needs a comma after "like."

THE ONE, LIKE 'VERY' HELPFUL STEP YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING.

In the original version, I think a comma after STEP would be (like) very helpful.

It wouldn't help me. A comma would suggest that your job hunt has disappeared. Consider:

Your job hunt is missing a step. What step is it missing? This is the one helpful step my job hunt is missing.

But what I don't know could fill a book!

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Cosmopolitan, the fashion magazine, had one story on its cover entitled "THE ONE, LIKE,[STRIKE]'[/STRIKE]VERY[STRIKE]'[/STRIKE] HELPFUL STEP YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING."

It seems to me that there has to be "in" before "your job hunt."

No. Try simplifying it:

Your job hunt is missing a step. What step is your hunt missing? This is the step it's missing. This is the helpful step your hunt is missing.

Is the title okay without "in"?

Yes. Adding "in" would be wrong.

The only mistakes are (1) that it's the missing comma and (2) they put small quotation marks around "very."

(Sorry, it is hard to upload the picture I took of this site.)

I'm surprised Cosmo made those punctuation errors.

 

[5jj]

(Sorry it is hard to upload the picture I took to this site)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/333971326419

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry, it is hard to upload the picture I took of this site.

I think the OP meant "to", not "of", in the original. I think they were referring to this forum when they said "this site". They're finding it hard to upload a picture to this forum.

 

[Glizdka]

I'm surprised Cosmo made those punctuation errors.

I am not. They've reached the bottom where the cancerous likes of BuzzFeed dwell.

This is a prime example of what the "art" of clickbait is, and I despise every little bit of it, from the use of ALL CAPS, through the questionable punctuation, to the grating use of like. Sadly, it's becoming more and more common, and judging by its effectiveness, it's here to stay for good.

I agree with what Skrej said in post #7.

Look to Cosmo for tips on how to better please your man/woman and/or current fashion trends, not grammar.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I think the OP meant "to", not "of", in the original. I think they were referring to this forum when they said "this site". They're finding it hard to upload a picture to this forum.

APS (ambiguous pronoun syndrome) strikes again!

 

[GoodTaste]

I'm surprised Cosmopolitan, the fashion magazine, had one story on its cover entitled "THE ONE, LIKE,'VERY' HELPFUL STEP YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING."

It seems to me that there has to be "in" before "your job hunt."

No. Try simplifying it:

Your job hunt is missing a step. What step is your hunt missing? This is the step it's missing. This is the helpful step your hunt is missing.

Is the title okay without "in"?

Yes. Adding "in" would be wrong.

I haven't fully got why adding "in" is wrong.

It seems to me that both with or without "in" are correct anyways.

Your job hunt is missing a step (your version is correct). A step in your job hunt is missing (my version appears to be the equivalent of yours: correct.).
That is, I think "THE ONE, LIKE,'VERY' HELPFUL STEP YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING" is equivalent to "THE ONE, LIKE,'VERY' HELPFUL STEP IN YOUR JOB HUNT IS MISSING."

Suppose there are A,B,C,D,E steps to complete your job hunt, each of which is useful or helpful. Now you miss out C, you can put it as either "the C step that your job hunt is missing" or "the C step in your job hunt is missing." They are the same to me. I don't know why the version with "in" is wrong.

 

[probus]

I agree with Glizdka and Skrej completely. And I would add that people who use like in the way Cosmo did are unlikely to be concerned about such niceties as commas

 

[GoodTaste]

Sadly, it's becoming more and more common, and judging by its effectiveness, it's here to stay for good.

Fancy smartphones and laptops are eroding good English every day. Only good English was honored to be printed in its heyday. Now computers (including smartphones) can "print" bad English on screen at once and make it rampant, flooding out good English which needs time and energy. As a fancy magazine, Cosmo exploits this trend greedily to make a fortune at the expense of good English.

 

[tedmc]

1. The C step that your job hunt is missing.

2. the C step in your job hunt is missing.

3. The C step your job hunt is missing

2, written by you, is a sentence.
1 & 3 from the OP are not sentences but noun clauses. Can you see the difference?

 

[GoodTaste]

2, written by you, is a sentence.
1 & 3 from the OP are not sentences but noun clauses. Can you see the difference?

I knew the difference. I meant that the meaning was the same despite the form of expression.