What's the grammar structure of sb. parking only

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A sentence like "Marshall parking only".Which world is the Subject?Is parking used to modify Marshall?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Please do not use double quote marks in the subject line. It gives the system indigestion.

car guava 619A sentence like "Marshall parking only"

It is not a sentence. It is a fragment, a phrase.

It is for a sign.

It means "This parking area is restricted to Marshall people."

CalifJim · Answer

car guava 619Marshall

I think this is a reference to a Marshalls store. (I would have written Marshalls Parking Only.)

https://www.marshalls.com/us/store/index.jsp

car guava 619Which ~~world~~ word is the subject?

We are talking about the grammar of signage here, which does not correspond to the grammar we expect in conversation and writing.

We write signs with all sorts of abbreviations of words and grammatical structures. There is no subject. The subject is understood to be "The parking spaces you see here around this sign". The rest of the sentence is "are only for the use of people who need to park their car somewhere while they are shopping at Marshalls".

Now if this is about 'marshalls' (law officers having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law), then the parking is only for people with that job.

car guava 619Is parking used to modify Marshall?

On the contrary, 'Marshall' ('Marshalls') modifies 'parking'.

What kind of parking? The kind that Marshalls provides for its customers.

CJ

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