I saw a sign on a back road near Tottenham Court Road station a couple of days ago. It said "Polite Notice: Please leave quietly as this is a residential area".
There was a director of the BBC, News I think, who once banned his staff from describing anyone as "famous". The word was either unnecessary or incorrect, he reasoned.
I think the notice falls into the same bracket. We do not need telling that something is a polite notice. If it read "Presumptuous notice: Please leave..." I would be quite happy.
Perhaps I'll change it with a permanent marker on my way home.
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