Is it acceptable in American English to pronounce "grocery" as …
Apr 8, 2015 · For example, pronouncing GROCERY as GRAW-SER-AY would be incorrect; which essentially sums up my argument. While it is true that a word can be pronounced "incorrectly", …
Word to call a person that works in a store
Oct 7, 2013 · What kind of store do you mean? Dept store? Grocery store? The answer may vary. Also, many larger stores have cashiers, stockers, and salespersons.
Blanket term for things we often buy at grocery store that are not ...
Feb 24, 2016 · I’m looking for a term to cover the kinds of things that we frequently buy at the grocery store but that are not actually groceries. The term needs to include things like: toilet …
capitalization - To capitalize "department" or not - English …
Mar 27, 2011 · When using the word 'department' (or 'group', 'committee', and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized: Bill recently joined the Advertising Department. If …
A list with only one item - English Language & Usage Stack …
Oct 1, 2012 · 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 …
word choice - What are these containers called for waste?
Dec 22, 2019 · There are so many ways to call these containers for waste. (correct me if some of them might sound weird/unnatural to use) garbage can, trash can, rubbish can, pedal can, …
"Best Before" says "11 MA 23"; is it May or March?
Apr 18, 2011 · I bought a bottle of juice today, and the "Best Before" date it's "11 MA 23". I always see "MA" as for March, but the store staff said that was May. What is your opinion?
Where did the phrase "I don't give a rat's ass" come from?
Jun 9, 2016 · Apart from a single occurrence in 1953 (see Colin’s answer), Google ngram sees it picking up from 1970, after sporadic use in the 60’s. I don't know anything about where it …
Why is "appreciate" pronounced as though the "c" is an "sh"?
Feb 19, 2016 · In retrospect, the oddest example of pronouncing a 'c' as 'sh' in my experience is the way people in southeast Texas (where I grew up) pronounced 'grocery': as a two-syllable …
Using a comma before "rather than" - English Language & Usage …
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, …