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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
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
Pricey vs. Pricy - English Language Usage Stack Exchange First of all, dictionaries list both spellings, and pricy is generally listed as a variant spelling of pricey, not the other way round, at least in the dictionaries I have checked (Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, New Oxford American Dictionary, American Heritage Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionaries Online)
What are the differences between shop, shoppe, and store? Grocery Store buy food and many other consumables; Online Store buy anything! :D; Shoppe Generally a fancier term, as @Jigar Joshi mentioned, to give an air of authenticity and aristocracy Coffee Shoppe here you can buy even more expensive fancy coffee But where ever you go, you'll end up shopping regardless of the store
A single word for regularly visited place Thank you for your answer Would you be able to say: "Joe's well-patronized places are the local grocery store, his workplace and the Starbucks on the corner "? Or would well-patronized simply highlight that the mentioned places are popular (For example: "Starbucks is a well-patronized coffee chain"), regardless of Joe's frequent visits –
Using a comma before rather than - English Language Usage Stack . . . It also describes or explains grocery store, again indicating it's importance Commas separate parts of sentences Because you don't want to separate the final phrase in the first example, you don't use a comma In the second example, rather than going out to a restaurant, you still don't need a comma before rather Here, the expression also