How to describe this scene

[harriet_yang]

Dear Teachers,

How to describe this scene? Is it ok to say: the lawn is closed off to keep people off it?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Can 'sealed off' be used too?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. The grassed area is fenced off.

It's obvious that that bit of plastic chain-link is useless for preventing anybody from venturing onto the grass. It's just a token attempt to appeal to the populace to stay off it.

 

[Barb_D]

I'd say "fenced off" as well.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd say "roped off".

 

[Barb_D]

I was going to say "roped off" but I looked harder and it seems to be a chain. So "chained off" but not "roped off." At least, I think it's a chain.

 

[emsr2d2]

I agree but on the same basis, it's not fenced off. That's definitely not a fence.

 

[harriet_yang]

thank you all teachers! I'll go with "chained off" then.

Appreciate your help very much!

 

[Tdol]

I don't see why it can't be roped off when a chain is used- it sounds fine to me.

 

[MikeNewYork]

And I don't see why it can't be "closed off", no matter what the method is.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Rover_KE said 'No' just to my 'sealed off' but not to your 'closed off'.

Not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

I don't sit in front of this computer 24/7 waiting for something to disagree with.

I'm not fond of 'closed off', either.

See Collins's definition of 'seal off':

seal off:

• to close so tightly that what is inside cannot escape:
  ]​
  The submarine's hatches sealed off the flooded rooms.to seal the rooms off
  
  .

• to block all entrances or exits to or from, as or as if with a police barricade:

That bit of plastic chain is incapable of keeping anybody off the grass who's determined to ignore it. It constitutes a request for people not to cross.

On reflection, 'chained off' is best here.