2020-12-05
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – premise & premises
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ออกเสียง premise = ‘PREM-is’
ออกเสียง premises = ‘PRE-mi-SES’
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HISTORICAL USAGE OF PREMISE
The noun premise (less commonly also spelled premiss)
entered English in the late 14th century,
originally as a term used in logic to mean (absolute logic = syllogism)
“each of the two propositions in a syllogismfrom which the conclusion is drawn,”
ultimately from the Latin phrase prōpositiō praemissa
= “proposition (in a syllogism) set forthbeforehand.”
Praemissa in this sense is a feminine singular adjective modifying the feminine singular noun prōpositiō.
Praemissa is also a neuter plural past participle used as a noun meaning
“matters discussed or mentioned previously” in legaldocuments, contracts, and wills.
By the second half of the 15th century, premiss acquired the further
meaning “houses, buildings and lands previously specified in a deed,”
as on a sign prominently displayed above a bar
“Licensed to retail beer, wine, spirits, and tobacco to be consumed on the premises.”
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
Word History:
Why do we call a single building the premises?
To answer this question, we must go back to the Middle Ages.
The English word premises comes fromthe Latin praemissa, which is both a feminine singular and a neuter plural form of praemissus, the past participle of praemittere,
= "to send in advance, utter by way ofpreface, place in front, prefix."
In Medieval Latin, the feminine form praemissa was often used
with the sense "logical premise" in philosophicaldiscussions,
while the neuter plural praemissa was often used
with the sense "things mentioned before" in legal documents.
Latin praemissa was borrowed into Old French as premisse and
thence into Middle English. In Middle English legal documents,
the plural premisses came to be used with the sense
"the property, collectively, which is specified in the beginning of a legal document and which is conveyed, as by grant."
By the first half of the 1700s, this use of the word had given rise
to the modern sense of premises, "a building with its grounds or appurtenances."
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
premise & premises
Some people suppose that
since “premises” has a plural form,
a single house or other piece of property must be a “premise,”
but that word is reserved for use as a term in logicmeaning
‘something assumed or taken as given inmaking an argument.
Your lowly one-room shack is still your premises.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Word History
How 'Premises' Came to Mean 'Property'
What you vacate when you vacate the 'premises'
You might be familiar with the noun premise
as "a statement that is accepted as true for the sake of argument
or to serve as the basis for a further thought."
The premise of "Big Holiday" is that Pee-wee, having suffered some unspecified trauma earlier in life, refuses to leave his hometown, where everyone knows and likes him.
— Jonah Weiner, The New York Times Magazine, 10 Feb. 2016
Deriving ultimately from the Latin words for "before" (pre-) and "send" (mittere),
premise literally refers to what has been placed before.
In some instances, particularly in British English, the word is spelled premiss.
Premise, in its plural form premises, has a sense historically used
in contracts and legal documents, referring to "matters previously stated"
(as in "as described in the premises").
Modern contracts tend to use an adjective
such as aforementioned or foregoing in such instances,
but premises is still encountered occasionally.
But how did it come to stand for an actual piece of land?
In real estate deeds, the premises are the first part of the contract,
where, along with the names of the grantor and grantee,
the specifications of the property
—encompassing building, lands, and tenements
—are described in detail.
Since many of the later clauses of the contract need to refer to
the first part and its descriptions,
the word premises came toidentify with the property described.
(Voila! Lawyers do it again.)
For that reason, it tends to be used to refer to real property:
"Then," said Sir George Staunton, "I am the first to inform you there has been an invasion of your quiet premises since you left home."— Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian, 1818
According to the article, Animal Control determined the dogs were in harm and removed them from the premises. — Zach Harper, CBSSports.com, 12 Nov. 2013
This sense is construed as plural and takes a plural verb:
And ten minutes later, the premises of Rid-a-Spook were deserted ... and as silent as the grave. — Eva Ibbotson, Dial-A-Ghost, 1996
Many animal welfare advocates don’t like breeders of any kind, while others accept responsible buying practices. HSUS states that in some cases, buying from a breeder is acceptable, but only if the premises are open for visiting and the buyer can also meet the parents of the prospective pet. — Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, 19 Sept. 2017
Now that we've established this,
we hope you never have cause to be removed from any premises in the future.
