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> pipeline for on-premise licenses Sorry for being a grammar nazi, but this one is a serious pet peeve. The singular of "premises" isn't "premise", it's "premi

• meddlepal 10y ago
  I'm not sure that's correct. The pluralization is for licenses not on-premise. Either way "on-premises licenses" sounds weird so I'm likely to stick with "on-premise licenses" regardless. Sorry.
  • grzm 10y ago
    Premises (singular) is a location. He was on the premises. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20premises https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20premises Premise (singular) is a presupposition. The premise is that we can get this done in 3 weeks. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise I agree, it sounds weird. I'd avoid it all together and use on-site. Edit to add: or, as uncle-comment (?) pointed out with the Wikipedia article, on-premises software is a thing. On-prem might be a good compromise, depending on your penchant for shortening like that.
  • WildUtah 10y ago
    Either way "on-premises licenses" sounds weird so I'm likely to stick with "on-premise licenses" regardless. Sorry. Downvoted for expressing contempt for the English language and common decency, but then failing to add in the obvious "irregardless."
• csours 10y ago
  TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-premises_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-premises_software
• DoofusOfDeath 10y ago
  Well, as a member of the post-WWII Stasi, I'd like to point out that English generally has no universally accepted authoritative form of the language to which you can persuasively appeal :)