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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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sign on a gate: should it read "residents only gate" or residents gate only"?
  

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Anonymous sign on a gate: should it read "residents only gate" or residents gate only"? I suggest: Gate for residents only

— Tamguatlay

  • Anonymous sign on a gate: should it read "residents only gate" or residents gate only"?
  • I suggest: Gate for residents only
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Anonymous sign on a gate: should it read "residents only gate" or residents gate only"?
I suggest: Gate for residents only
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Anonymous"residents only gate" or residents gate only"?
"Gate for the residents only".
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Laborious Anonymous"residents only gate" or residents gate only"?"Gate for the residents only".
I wouldn't use "the".
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Anonymous sign on a gate: should it read "residents only gate" or residents gate only"?
It should read thus:

Residents Only

CJ
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CalifJim Anonymous sign on a gate: should it read "residents only gate" or residents gate only"?It should read thus:Residents OnlyCJ
Would it be wrong if "only" is in lower case?
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tamguatlayWould it be wrong if "only" is in lower case?
Signage is an art of its own. Case doesn't enter into it. Most signs of that type that I see are written like this:

RESIDENTS ONLY

CJ
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