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"In Branch"
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how I hate that phrase! In a branch or in branches but not in branch! We don't say in shop or in hotel so why in branch when referring to banks or building societies?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.^^^ The OED recognises that usage, Ginge, but describes it as 'pleonastic', thus essentially agreeing with you:
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Missing words can be just as annoying too. I hate "Up to Half Price Sale". The wording implies that nothing in the sale is offered at more than half of its regular price. (It should be "Up to Half Price Off Sale").
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Missing words can be just as annoying too. I hate "Up to Half Price Sale". The wording implies that nothing in the sale is offered at more than half of its regular price. (It should be "Up to Half Price Off Sale").
The mention of 'premise', above, reminds me that I find "premises" a frustrating word.
It looks like a plural, and I want to treat it as such. (e.g. "The premises are close to the river").
However the media treats it as singular in most press and broadcast reporting (apparently correctly). e.g. "The premises is close to the river".
It just doesn't seem right to me!
It looks like a plural, and I want to treat it as such. (e.g. "The premises are close to the river").
However the media treats it as singular in most press and broadcast reporting (apparently correctly). e.g. "The premises is close to the river".
It just doesn't seem right to me!
The relatively recent usage of premise as the singular of premises is a perfect example of one of the ways language evolves over time, in this case, due to the fact that it just sounds like that's what it should mean". Licensed premises, so why can't we have a licensed premise and, by extension, why can't any building be a premise? :-)