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Sorry for the tangential remark, but you may be interested in fixing the English mistake in the headline - while “on premise” is an extremely common mistake, it
by stephen_g 3y ago
Sorry for the tangential remark, but you may be interested in fixing the English mistake in the headline - while “on premise” is an extremely common mistake, it is still a grammatical error. In the sense of “building or property”, the word is always plural, ‘premises’. A ‘premise’ is only ever a logical proposition or statement from which another follows.
It is actually nice to see the abbreviation “on prem” being used, because at least the error is abbreviated away!
But it does sound like an interesting project!
- verbify 3y ago(As you pointed out), 'on-premise' is used very often (according to google trends as much or more than on-premise). There's an argument to be made that language is about how people use it and not the theoretical rules of grammar - and therefore if a 'mistake' is done often enough it should no longer be considered a mistake.
- rmbyrro 3y agoJust use "on-prem"
- dang 3y agoOk, we've updated the title (submitted title was "Show HN: Query your database using plain English on premise") and I'll fix the text too.