Re: poor/misleading signage

[Milan Davidovic <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca>]

--- Susan Hogarth <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> But it COULD mean:
> 
> "Weapons concealed, or otherwise are prohibited on
> these premises"

I don't think that the "rules" of English grammar
(such as they are) allow you to make an elliptical
clause by dropping "must be":

"Weapons [must be] concealed, or otherwise are
prohibited on these premises.

Or did you have something else in mind?

Milan
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