Mar 9, 2014 · When my daughter asked me and my husband about a No Smoking sign, we explained that it means no cigarettes are allowed. (We had to explain cigarettes to her too.) Unfortunately, she now thinks that the red circle and diagonal line are called a "cigarette", so she'll talk about the cigarette in the No Parking sign:

Nov 4, 2015 · No smoking aloud in the cabing [sic]! W. G. Clark Ollapodiana xxi, in Knickerbocker Dec. 520 . The earliest example of No smoking as an adjective is from 1944 (OED): I wanted to smoke, but fell asleep before the No Smoking sign was switched off. J. Gunther D Day i. 13, Etymonline has the following for no-smoking (adj.): 1905; the sign wording ...

Mar 29, 2019 · If people are smoking in a no-smoking area and you are addressing them personally then "Please extinguish your cigarettes" is probably the most polite yet pointed way to say it. If you are simply looking for wording for a sign then "NO SMOKING" is the way to go.

Dec 2, 2014 · But smoking, drinking or eating (as separate activities) would be ok. Smoking, drinking and eating are not allowed. means that neither smoking, nor drinking, nor eating, is allowed. Collectively they are not allowed. So the subway authorities probably do intend the latter meaning, although I'm just guessing. Let's do a little research: Aha.

Mar 5, 2016 · However the policy on this is completely inconsistent whether within states (some of which, when last I checked, had a blanket ban on rear to kerb parking) or within towns, cities and regions within those states since some parking rules are enforced at local level, some (mostly no stopping prohibitions on motorways) at state level.

Aug 2, 2012 · Technically "no smoking" and "no turn on red" are fragments, but any listener understands they mean "no smoking is allowed" and "no turn on red is allowed", respectively. Although I can't speak for "stick no bills", as I've never heard this term before. –

Sep 25, 2015 · 'The chaplain stood with a smoking pistol in his hand,' Checking with Ngram the expression seems to have become popular only from the 70's, probably during the Watergate investigation: Nixon defenders insisted that while much impropriety could be observed, no proof of presidential obstruction of justice - 'no smoking gun' - had been found. (The ...

Oct 12, 2016 · Unfortunately, due to the rise of keyboards, the sign '№' has fallen out of use, with its typographical alternative becoming no[.]. This then creates a conflict between the abbreviation no. meaning number (from French nombre) and № (from the Latin numero). 1

(1) Would you mind my smoking here? (2) Do you mind my smoking here? (3) Will you mind my smoking here? (??) Is it simply a matter of usage? Or is there some logical explanation for that? Specifically, the question might boil down to answering the following questions: Is (1) a "polite" form of (3) and somehow has (3) lost its usage?

Feb 19, 2013 · You can. Adding the word "bad" is okay. It adds emphasis but it's not necessary. Generally, using the word "kicked" is emphatic on its own that it was some sort of bad habit. As for naming the habit, as with "the smoking habit", yes you can do that. For example, if some offers you a cigarette, you can say "No thanks, I kicked the (smoking ...