On 12 February, 17 HGV trailers were seized at the site of a materials-handling equipment manufacturer and another nearby premise
It's probably just a typo but I really like that 'premise'. Two premises, one premise; it makes a sort of sense.
Two premises, one premise
From recent raw copy (I've taken out the name of the manufacturer and its location):
It's probably just a typo but I really like that 'premise'. Two premises, one premise; it makes a sort of sense.
It's probably just a typo but I really like that 'premise'. Two premises, one premise; it makes a sort of sense.
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How about premi? No? Just a suggestion.
One premi, two premise, three premises? Or perhaps one prem, two premi?
This is getting rather silly.
Looks like the 'building' meaning derived from the 'argument' meaning ~ C18th, so presumably pluralisation would have been acceptable in the past. Shame it's not now (sounds fine to me)!
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=premise
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