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  #2654461 11-Feb-2021 10:00
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freitasm:

 

elpenguino:

 

 

 

  Seems to make sense.   adjective  

 

1. likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable. "farmed fish are prone to disease"      

 

 

"Prone to"

 

In this context the building is not "prone to" earthquakes but the area/region where it sits is.

 

It should be "This building is prone to damages from earthquakes"

 

 

Thanks for the formatting.

 

 

 

There's no need to include an auxiliary 'to' . One is not included in the definition.

 

e.g. I am 'headache prone'.

 

Farmed fish are disease prone.

 

etc.





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  #2654469 11-Feb-2021 10:12
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elpenguino:

 

freitasm:

 

"Prone to"

 

In this context the building is not "prone to" earthquakes but the area/region where it sits is.

 

It should be "This building is prone to damages from earthquakes"

 

 

Thanks for the formatting.

 

 

 

There's no need to include an auxiliary 'to' . One is not included in the definition.

 

e.g. I am 'headache prone'.

 

Farmed fish are disease prone.

 

etc.

 

 

The long version I posted is the final sentence. Probably could be "Earthquake-damage prone building" - it means the building can be affected by earthquakes, not that the building can suffer earthquakes.

 

"Earthquake-prone building" gives the impression earthquakes happen on this building (alone).





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  #2654473 11-Feb-2021 10:21
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freitasm:

 

It should be "This building is prone to damages from earthquakes"

 

 

c/damages/damage/





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  #2654474 11-Feb-2021 10:23
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freitasm:

 

"Earthquake-prone building" gives the impression earthquakes happen on this building (alone).

 

 

It gives me the impression that the building causes earthquakes.

 

 





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  #2654476 11-Feb-2021 10:25
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Pedants. They annoy me from time to time. 





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  #2654602 11-Feb-2021 13:02
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Retailers who purport meeting their obligations under the CGA/FTA as "an act of goodwill" 


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  #2654825 11-Feb-2021 19:03
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Mr E calling that our new car was pranged by a woman coming out of a park. I refuse to look at the damage...why make a bad day worse.

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  #2654835 11-Feb-2021 19:24
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That a "new car" becomes "just a car",  inevitably, and so damned quickly.


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  #2655207 12-Feb-2021 14:39
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That OneDrive for Business doesn't have a "personal vault"

 

/me facepalm.

 

 


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  #2655223 12-Feb-2021 14:46
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Paying CourierPost for overnight delivery so I can have something for the weekend but seeing it still sitting in Christchurch 36 hours later.


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  #2655228 12-Feb-2021 15:04
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Geektastic:

 

Whilst we are doing silly expressions

 

 

 

...

 

"On premise" - no, you mean "on premises" as the singular of premises is premises not premise in that context.

 

 

I think you’ve tried this before.

 

Firstly, if you mean site or location, then both ‘on premise’ and ‘on premises’ is wrong, as this context requires hyphenation. Secondly, since ‘premises’ has no adjective, the adaptation of ‘on-premise’ to be used as a forward-positioned adjective is, in fact, grammatically correct.


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  #2655279 12-Feb-2021 15:35
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BlinkyBill:

 

Geektastic:

 

Whilst we are doing silly expressions

 

 

 

...

 

"On premise" - no, you mean "on premises" as the singular of premises is premises not premise in that context.

 

 

I think you’ve tried this before.

 

Firstly, if you mean site or location, then both ‘on premise’ and ‘on premises’ is wrong, as this context requires hyphenation. Secondly, since ‘premises’ has no adjective, the adaptation of ‘on-premise’ to be used as a forward-positioned adjective is, in fact, grammatically correct.

 

 

^^This.^^ 

 

 

 

After it was dead and buried and everyone moved on, its up and going again...

 

 

 

 





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  #2655341 12-Feb-2021 16:33
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martyyn:

 

Paying CourierPost for overnight delivery so I can have something for the weekend but seeing it still sitting in Christchurch 36 hours later.

 

 

And yet some people pay "overnight" with "Saturday delivery" too... And get things on Monday.

 

Yes, I've seen happening with items sent to me. I personally never pay for Saturday delivery as there is not 100% certainty NZ Post will hit the target. 





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  #2655342 12-Feb-2021 16:36
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freitasm:

 

Yes, I've seen happening with items sent to me. I personally never pay for Saturday delivery as there is not 100% certainty NZ Post will hit the target. 

 

 

Sometimes I pay it, because otherwise there is a 100% chance they will not hit the target :)

 

 


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  #2655343 12-Feb-2021 16:38
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Companies whose voice Mail still drones on about how they’re working under Covid...





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