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- Is it acceptable in American English to pronounce grocery as groshery?
Most of these give a three-syllable pronunciation of "grocery" and "groceries" I am a native Los Angeles resident I pronounce “grocery” and “groceries” in the two-syllable way, gros-re(s) This is MY opinion There is NO “sha” in the words “grocery” and “groceries” The “c” is pronounced as a soft “c” with an “s
- Blanket term for things we often buy at grocery store that are not . . .
Also called grocery store groceries Commodities sold by a grocer Online Oxford Dictionary (groceries) Items of food sold in a grocery or supermarket So, 3 out of 4 suggest the term can be used for non-food items bought at a grocery store and only one limits the word to foodstuff alone
- Whats a good word for displayed non-frozen non-canned vegetables in . . .
Apples and potatoes in the grocery are considered fresh, and some of them may have been harvested months to nearly a year ago Cold storage keeps them fresh Well, mostly fresh -- in the early summer it's best to look for apples from the other hemisphere, because they won't be so old
- grammaticality - Do a shop for go shopping - English Language . . .
"Do a shop" or "Do the shop" is a specific task, eg the weekly trip to the supermarket for the big grocery shop "Go shopping" is a more general, recreational, go out and look at the shops but with no specific aim It's the same way that "load" is a verb or a noun Shop is the place you buy stuff, the process of buying it or now the stuff you buy
- Word to call a person that works in a store
Grocery store? The answer may vary Also, many larger stores have cashiers, stockers, and salespersons
- idioms - Is Nail (s) Spa correct? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It's nail spa for the same reason it is nail salon, grocery store, car dealership, book store, pastry shop, etc (instead of groceries store, cars dealership, books store, pastries shop) Share Improve this answer
- Best Before says 11 MA 23; is it May or March?
I get asked this question twice a day at work (grocery store) It Goes: JA FE MR AP MA JN JL AU SE OC NO DE One more year, and I'll have a song a la "Sound of Music" Other sources seem to confirm that these two-letter month abbreviations were first used in Canada Edit: Here's further confirmation from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
- meaning - A list with only one item - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It may be grammatically correct, or correct in certain casual documents such as a grocery list (I am unaware of any grocery-list police), but is not a best or even good practice in more formal documents (anything involving an outline, for instance)—with one exception, discussed below
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