To me, there is a huge difference between seeing someone email about “Microsoft Exchange 2012”. Obviously I’m on the side of the second example here. Dave Henry April 13, If you have smart, well-paid people who can’t get past premise/premises, fire them and hire people who focus on the right things. Here’s an example of these polar opposite views on Personally, I’m still in the “if your employees can’t learn to use premises instead of premise, fire them and hire smarter people” camp You knew what I meant though, right? Partly because you’ve probably heard it before, and in context it’s rather clear. VMware Microsoft Mailguard SAP LogMeIn RedHat RSAĪlso, I just used the word ‘googlable’. We are now at a stage where the biggest of vendors use the term ‘on-premise’ Here’s a few easily googlable examples:
This has been happening for years already, 3 years ago Brian Madden already wrote about how the grammar war had been lost. However, ‘on-premise’ has become mainstream, and it seems to irk a lot of IT professionals. So, it makes sense to extrapolate this to an IT term when referring to something being on your property as “on-premises”. …and the word “premise” means – a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion Yes, the word “premises” means – a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context. Haven’t we got better things to do than worry about this?įrom time to time, I see people argue and get upset, frustrated or just obnoxious on the use of “on-premise”. I still have points I made that I stand by. (and welcome Wikipedia readers – I didn’t add the link in to my own blog in case you wondered, but thank you to whomever did).
Anyway, food for thought – please read on. If it’s true, then the premise (!) of my article assuming the term is wrong, is wrong in itself. I’m not a linguist, but it sounds very well reasoned and sensible. I should have linked this earlier, but please read Michelle Warmath’s comment here where as a linguist, she claims ‘On-premise’ is actually correct.
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