- british english - What does the butchers (meaning the butchers shop . . .
Butcher's shops and hairdresser's salons are closed on Sunday In British English they call it the butcher's, because "shop" can stay implicit My question is: if I want to say all the butcher's shops are closed, can I still leave the word "shop" implicit and therefore say: Butcher's are closed on Sunday? Meaning "butcher's shops"?
- What is the difference between shop and store?
I would add that in AmE, shop connotes a small operation which performs preparation, repair, or other services in addition to offering goods for sale: uses like butcher shop, [auto] body shop, gift shop, barber shop, bike shop, print shop, and so on, and compounds like pawnshop, sweatshop, and indeed Photoshop, are common This "artisanal" connotation (wood shop, metal shop) is the conceit a
- Im going to the SHOPS vs Im going to the STORE (UK vs. US)
I think in some ways you have answered your own question (s) Yes, "go shopping" One would not say "go storing" Shopping is, as far as I know, used the same way in UK and US English, and has nothing to do with "shop" vs "store" and 3 You would either name the store or type of store ("I'm going to the hardware store") or, as you say, ""I'm going shopping" or "I'm going downtown", but not "I
- Apostrophe. Is it correct to use it here? - English Language Learners . . .
Where’s John? - He’s gone to the baker’s Why is an apostrophe used here? What does it mean after putting an apostrophe? Please explain I am talking about the last one
- word choice - What do you call a shop or place where phones, laptops . . .
What do native English speakers call a place where phones, computers, tablets, headphones are fixed Would they call it a technician's shop? For example: I am going to take my phone to the techni
- I went to the doctors - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
This type of possessive is commonly used to refer to a particular shop, or something similar to a shop like a doctor's surgery or a dental clinic The pattern being used is: [somebody's] [place] (e g butcher's shop) and the unnecessary [place] is often left off for brevity
- british english - What is a shop of shoes called in the UK? - English . . .
shoe shop is the correct term in the UK, and shoe store is the correct term in the US Both are noun-type things made up of two words- these are called compound nouns You don't generally use hyphens in compound nouns unless it contains prefixes, suffixes, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, etc, for example minimum-wage, rent-a-cop or oven-to-table-ware You generally only make the final
- meaning - What does it mean by a cheery lot? - English Language . . .
Or some dogs outside a butcher shop and comment that they look like a hungry or optimistic lot It also carries a sense of "offhand" informality, there's no formal "group", it's not a usage you would use in formal writing The book is using it this way
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