- 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
- I work in a grocery store or at a grocery store [duplicate]
They are almost interchangeable, but you could convey a subtle difference in meaning If you're trying to describe your job what you do, you'd want to say you work "at" a grocery store Working "in" a grocery store describes the location you work at For example, I work in an office, but I work at a company
- 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
- 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:
- A word for the job a cashier does for each customer
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- 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)
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