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Avangi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Into the theater
Hi,
Ran across this last night: "No outside food or drinks will be allowed into the theater."
We went into the theater. (no problem)
No food or drinks allowed in the theater. (no problem)
No food or drinks may be brought into the theater. (no problem)
No improperly attired patrons will be allowed into the theater. (no problem)
Do we have to treat this as some sort of ellipsis in order to make it grammatical, or is it okay?
No outside food or drinks will be allowed [to be brought] into the theater. ??
Thanks, - A.
Ran across this last night: "No outside food or drinks will be allowed into the theater."
We went into the theater. (no problem)
No food or drinks allowed in the theater. (no problem)
No food or drinks may be brought into the theater. (no problem)
No improperly attired patrons will be allowed into the theater. (no problem)
Do we have to treat this as some sort of ellipsis in order to make it grammatical, or is it okay?
No outside food or drinks will be allowed [
Thanks, - A.
Top answer
Well, it a common enough phrase. g. 'permit into', doesn't work).
- Well, it a common enough phrase.
- g.
- 'permit into', doesn't work).
- The on-line dictionaries offered me no help on this one.
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Well, it a common enough phrase. I suppose we must either allow the ellipsis or allow 'allow into'
fixed-expression status (E.g. 'permit into', doesn't work). The on-line dictionaries offered me no help on this one.
fixed-expression status (E.g. 'permit into', doesn't work). The on-line dictionaries offered me no help on this one.
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