The word "intro" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be a noun, short for "introduction," or a verb, meaning "to introduce." For example: I gave a short intro before starting my presentation.
Fittingly, the 1998 Hanks/Ryan romcom still has a strong digital presence, with the official You've Got Mail site fronted by a lengthy Flash intro.
Jonathan Pearce was once best known for Robot Wars and his classic radio commentary intro to 1993's England v San Marino game ("Welcome to Bologna on Capital Gold Sport for England versus San Marino with Tennent's Pilsner brewed with Czechoslovakian yeast for that extra Pilsner taste and England are one down").
Writing the headline and standfirst (intro text) before you start can be a great way to force yourself to get the point of the story sorted in your mind.
Here's an intro you don't get to write every week: former Pipettes frontwoman Gwenno Saunders has made a political album inspired by Owain Owain's 1976 Welsh-language sci-fi novel Y Dydd Olaf (The Last Day) about a dystopian future where the robots have taken over and are busily turning the human race into clones through the use of medication.
I glance at my housemate as the intro of New Order's Blue Monday pounds from the stereo like a siren call – "this is insane", he mouths.
But Li's version of Hold On We're Going Home isn't quite up to the standard of Holy Ghost's, while incorporating Started From the Bottom into the intro of Get Some makes the audience think that the rapper is about to come onstage.
"A piano intro, Shane starts the song, the drum beat kicks in for the second verse.
Some tips for a successful blog post: It should be around 600 words long It should adopt an informal but not overly colloquial style Put some work into your intro – is it intriguing/engaging/different?
All that stops videos meant for computer playback from being viewed on stand-alone devices is a bit of text passed by a browser that tells the server what sort of device is alleged to be requesting video hardly an insurmountable obstacle.When "The Outer Limits" was rolled out on DVD, the intro was tweaked.
It is straightforward to ask somebody to write, or assess, a fabulous intro to an article; much less so to commission them to write just the second, or the 22nd, line especially if the writer is oblivious to what came before.
I'll list them:1) Agricultural price supports.2) Trade restrictions.3) Output restrictions.4) Rent control (but then what would intro economics professors lecture about?).5) Wage, price, and interest rate controls.
