Will the last...

[karta2]

Will the last person to leave please turn out the lights?

[chickenshorts]

karta2 napisała:

> Will the last person to leave please turn out the lights?)))...

ooops, karta mistook the toilet chain for a lamp switch.

[awalk]

karta2 napisała:

> Will the last person to leave please turn out the lights?

The last person usually turns off the lights.

[tynski]

awalk napisał:

> karta2 napisała:
>
> > Will the last person to leave please turn out the lights?
>
> The last person usually turns off the lights.


Are you sure?

[awalk]

tynski napisała:

> awalk napisał:
>
> > karta2 napisała:
> >
> > > Will the last person to leave please turn out the lights?
> >
> > The last person usually turns off the lights.
>
>
> Are you sure?

about turn off - yes

[Gość: jargosia]

turn out= turn off/ switch off
the sentence in question can be put down like this: Whoever leaves the room
last, please turn off the lights.

PS. In American English turn off is more common; at least that's what I keep
hearing on every day basis

cheers
g.

[tynski]

It is a known, accepted phrase (idiomatic?) and let's
keep it the way it is.

"On April 1, 1971, real estate agents Bob McDonald and
Jim Youngren put the words, "Will the last person leaving
SEATTLE - Turn out the lights" on a billboard at S. 167th
St. and Pacific Highway S. near Sea-Tac airport. The two
realtors, who work for Henry Broderick, Inc., put up the
billboard as a humorous response to pessimism generated
by the national aerospace industry's nosedive, known
locally as the Boeing Bust."

[Gość: Rev. Reverend]

I see we've got the language down.
Can anybody tell me why I should turn the lights out if I am not the one who
gets the bill. I say - screw'em. Leave the light on. Power to the people.

[awalk]

Gość portalu: jargosia napisał(a):

> turn out= turn off/ switch off
> the sentence in question can be put down like this: Whoever leaves the room
> last, please turn off the lights.
>
> PS. In American English turn off is more common; at least that's what I keep
> hearing on every day basis
>
> cheers
> g.

Well, it seems like British English is seriously affecting my brain. :)

[Gość: chickenShorts]

awalk napisał:

> Gość portalu: jargosia napisał(a):

> Well, it seems like British English is seriously affecting my brain. :)<

Hey, don't despair! That's all right! I would worry if it was the other way
round...

[tynski]

Gość portalu: jargosia napisał(a):

> turn out= turn off/ switch off
> the sentence in question can be put down like this:
Whoever leaves the room
> last, please turn off the lights.
>

It is all about semantics, not about syntax.