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[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/3/2012 07:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>BTW, I hear "campus" used more and more (and more) as the preferred term
>for areal "grounds" of any kind, particularly those related to prisons,
>hospitals, and office buildings. Not in OED.
>
>There was a time when it sounded odd to me even when applied to high-school
>grounds. It got odder when it hit the elementary schools.

My elementary school campus was more like a (prison-)yard.  (My high
school, on the other hand, had a campus that included a -- if you'll
permit me -- quadrangle bordered on three sides by school buildings.

Joel

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