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Premise vs. Premises
Premise
/ˈpremɪs/Examples:
Mr Wingham has the advantage of being on the premises.Poirot had been justified in his premises.Go away from my premises.
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This word has no antonymsPremises
/ˈpreməsəz/Examples:
The laboratory premises are open 24/7 for research use.The film crew set up their equipment on the hotel premises.He was asked to immediately vacate the business premises.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Premise is generally used in the singular form and relates to an idea or statement.
- Premises is often used in the plural form and refers to a location or building.
- Remember that premise can be part of an argument or theory, while premises physically relates to property or land.
- The term premise can be linked to logic and reasoning, not tangible things.
- Premises might relate to real estate contexts, involving physical places.
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