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I just have read on internet this headline:

President Biden to defend Afghanistan policy in national address

I guess this 'subject+to+verb' structure is an uncommon form of the infinite to express something like: an authority is going to talk soon defending the policy ('defending' in this case)... , am I right? is this form only used in written formal English? the subject must be an authority? does the subject in this form always go without article?

Eddie Kal
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    Headlines frequently omit words to save space. Do NOT use them to learn English. Undoubtedly, the word “plans” was omitted. This headline is not grammatical. – Jeff Morrow Aug 31 '21 at 20:50
  • @Juhasz thanks!! I hadn't seen that post :) how can I close this one? – jmann Aug 31 '21 at 21:05
  • I'm actually not sure. There's some way that you can delete your own question, if you want. Otherwise, I think a moderator can "close" it. But that might require more close votes. You probably don't need to take any action. – Juhasz Aug 31 '21 at 21:15

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