>>Here are a couple I think you'll like. I ride the commuter train to and from work (it's called the "GO" train). And every trip (every station, in fact) I am treated to the following announcement: "Remember, it is prohibited and illegal to cross the tracks".
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>Isn't it a valid sentence? Things can be prohibited and not illegal, like my mother prohibited me to play soccer until I finished my homework. In the same sense, the transit company can prohibit you to do something in their installations that is not illegal. You might find this interesting, although it is not illegal vs prohibited, it is illegal vs unlawful, which I think is pretty close
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/unlawful-versus-illegal.aspxJust a lingo point for you, Hugo: Your mother prohibited you
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Always glad to help non-native speakers. :-)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
