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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Use of the word "trespassed"
Several people I work with have been using word "trespassed" in the following examples:
"She has been trespassed from the entire premises." Is this correct? The proper word usage would seem, "she has been issued a no trespass order for the entire premises" or, "she been banned from the entire premises" or "she is not allowed to be on the premises."
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"Has she been trespassed?" With the Meaning "has she been banned from the property?" as opposed to the meaning I understand as "has she been violated or trespassed against."
Thanks
"She has been trespassed from the entire premises." Is this correct? The proper word usage would seem, "she has been issued a no trespass order for the entire premises" or, "she been banned from the entire premises" or "she is not allowed to be on the premises."
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"Has she been trespassed?" With the Meaning "has she been banned from the property?" as opposed to the meaning I understand as "has she been violated or trespassed against."
Thanks
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" Is this correct? No. These people do not understand how to use the word correctly.
- " Is this correct?
- No.
- These people do not understand how to use the word correctly.
- " You could say these things that you suggest.
- She trespassed means that she entered the place / went on the land illegally.
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Hi,
Several people I work with have been using word "trespassed" in the following examples:
"She has been trespassed from the entire premises." Is this correct? No. These people do not understand how to use the word correctly.
The proper word usage would seem, "she has been issued a no trespass order for the entire premises" or, "she
Several people I work with have been using word "trespassed" in the following examples:
"She has been trespassed from the entire premises." Is this correct? No. These people do not understand how to use the word correctly.
The proper word usage would seem, "she has been issued a no trespass order for the entire premises" or, "she
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Thanks, Clive
Trespassed used in this way has been used a lot by the police in our area
Trespassed used in this way has been used a lot by the police in our area
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I had never encountered this usage of trespass until I moved to New Zealand, but now it keeps popping up with amazing regularity in The New Zealand Herald.
The phrase is obviously non-standard and I can find no definition nor support for its use in any dictionary or thesaurus (not even Merriam-Webster!).
I had thought it to be some kind of antipodean oddity, but apparently it is in use in
The phrase is obviously non-standard and I can find no definition nor support for its use in any dictionary or thesaurus (not even Merriam-Webster!).
I had thought it to be some kind of antipodean oddity, but apparently it is in use in
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Absolutely agree. I, too, am gobsmacked at the regularity with which it is used in newspapers here in New Zealand.
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