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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
- 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
- capitalization - To capitalize department or not - English Language . . .
When using the word 'department' (or 'group', 'committee', and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized:
- 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)
- Use of And more to end a list [closed] - English Language Usage . . .
The items aren't a grocery list where the user will not have the idea what the 'more' refers to This list is to emphasize the features of a platform, so I think we can conclude it using, 'And more' Here's an example,
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