I need your help. I think I made a mistake in class. I taught about permission and prohibition, I used : it`s prohibit to, it`s not allowed to... and so on, but I used:

it`s banned to ......      Is it correct? or it only goes at the end of the sentence?

Please , help me.

thanks in advance.

I use the words this way:

 

Smoking is banned in restaurants.

Alcohol is prohibited in this area.

Smoking is not allowed.

Can I smoke here? No It �s prohibited.

Are you allowed to smoke outside?

Smoking is allowed outside. Smoking is permitted in the smoking area.

May I have permission to leave the room?

I have my parents � permission to go to the school camp.

The ban on smoking is good for non-smokers.

You �re not allowed to speak during the exam.

That young man has been banned from the hotel because of his bad behaviour.

 

I never say �It �s not allowed to smoke. �   �It �s prohibited to smoke � 

If speaking about a pet I could say �It �s not allowed on my bed � or It �s not allowed to get on my bed �

 

Just to add to what Apodo provided, sometimes prohibited and banned are synonyms and are interchangeable.  At other times they are not interchangeable and usage depends on context.  Prohibited, imho, tends to be more formal/legal and banned more informal and commonly used in conversation.

 

If you google these two words you will see some good examples of usage.

 

I�m interested to hear what others think.

 

Cheers

 

Jayho

 

I �m not so sure I entirely agree.  Maybe it �s differerent here.  We do say/write that smoking is banned/prohibited interchangebly where it is law (which is just about everywhere in Oz now, thank goodness). I �m also thinking of the legal situation where specific persons are prohibited from child-related employment/volunteering -  the authorities don �t use banned unless that person was convicted of a related offence whilst engaged in a child-related position.  Similarly, with travel these days they talk about prohibited items rather than banned items. I think it �s a fine line that perhaps depends on local usage.

 

Cheers

 

Jayho