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Entry - entrance - admission?
In a few weeks our students can come see a film at school; they don't have to pay to get in. What do I write on the invitations? Free entry? Free entrance? Free admission? Admission free?
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> Use either of the last two. Richard Maurer To reply, remove half Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
- > Use either of the last two.
- Richard Maurer To reply, remove half Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
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Use either of the last two.
Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
Use either of the last two.
Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
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[nq:1]In a few weeks our students can come see a film at school; they don't have to pay to get in. What do I write on the invitations? Free entry? Free entrance? Free admission? Admission free?[/nq]
In Britain it would usually be "Admission free".
"Free entry" tends to be used to indicate that there is no restriction on those who are permitted entry. "Free entrance" means that the doors ar
In Britain it would usually be "Admission free".
"Free entry" tends to be used to indicate that there is no restriction on those who are permitted entry. "Free entrance" means that the doors ar
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In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Matti Lamprhey
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:2]In a few weeks our students can come see a ... the invitations? Free entry? Free entrance? Free admission? Admission free?[/nq]
[nq:1]In Britain it would usually be "Admission free". "Free entry" tends to be used to indicate that there is no restriction on those who are permitted
,
the lovely and talented Matti Lamprhey
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:2]In a few weeks our students can come see a ... the invitations? Free entry? Free entrance? Free admission? Admission free?[/nq]
[nq:1]In Britain it would usually be "Admission free". "Free entry" tends to be used to indicate that there is no restriction on those who are permitted
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[nq:1]"Free admission" would be usual in the US unless in menu-like bill of charges: Admission .. Free, T-Shirt .. $12, ... entry in drawing for fabulous door prizes." "Free entrance" does not seem to me very likely in any public gathering.[/nq]
On the other hand (to mix something new into the pot), it's usually "No admittance without invitation". Why?
Joe Fineman (Email Removed)
On the other hand (to mix something new into the pot), it's usually "No admittance without invitation". Why?
Joe Fineman (Email Removed)
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