Trespassed update

Language Log 2024-10-15

Summary:

I'm at a motel in Nampa, Idaho. A sign posted on a side entrance reads: DO NOT LEAVE DOOR OPEN YOU WILL BE TRESPASSED. I asked the manager what she meant by that. She replied, "You will be prohibited from coming on this property." In our previous discussions of this usage, I do not recall […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=66503&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trespassed-update

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Tags:

grammar

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

10/15/2024, 11:14

Date published:

10/15/2024, 08:36