semantics question
WannaJumpMyScooter
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:03 PM
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signs in a park I saw read "no alcohol permitted" is that the same as "alcohol prohibited?" or does that mean that you can have alcohol, but they just don't issue permits for it?
English, as practiced by the US Forest Service
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| CaliforniaPeggy
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:08 PM
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| 1. My dear WannaJumpMyScooter! |
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I believe those two phrases are equivalent...
They don't issue permits so you can have alcohol!
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| WannaJumpMyScooter
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:10 PM
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| 3. just seems an odd way to say it |
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when prohibited makes more sense
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| Gidney N Cloyd
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:09 PM
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| 2. I think you've uncovered a very useful loophole. |
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:12 PM
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| 4. Any and all natural yeasts in the environment are breaking the law |
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by distributing minute amounts of alcohol. :P
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| WannaJumpMyScooter
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:24 PM
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| 5. another valid interpretation |
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and more proof that this sign is worded wrong |
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