- Best Before says 11 MA 23; is it May or March?
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?
- Bakeshop vs. bake shop vs. bakery vs. bakery shop vs . . .
Google NGrams (of written english) report similarly When we buy baked goods, we go to the bakery or to that part of the grocery referred to as the bakery (or, in store-clerk speak, just bakery, as in "You want fresh pies? They're over in bakery ") First, just showing Bakery, US vs GB, they have similar levels of use in both the US and British
- Is it common to use “grocery” as a verb? - English Language Usage . . .
6 Grocery shop is a common collocation in which shop is used in the verb sense and grocery is a colloquially back-formed singular of the object of shopping: groceries (groceries being what one purchases at a grocery) The long form would be We used to shop for groceries together
- Is Nail(s) Spa correct? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It's nail spa for the same reason it is nail salon, grocery store, car dealership, book store, pastry shop, etc (instead of groceries store, cars dealership, books store, pastries shop)
- History of have a good one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I used to work at a grocery store When bidding farewell to customers, my coworkers would often use phrases such as "Have a nice day," "Enjoy your day," and the like One particular phrase that s
- Difference between run into, come upon and come across
Like, "I was in the grocery store yesterday when I ran into my friend Sally " But, "I was searching the closet for my brown shoes when I came across some old photographs " You wouldn't normally switch the two But the differences are subtle and if you did, it would sound only slightly odd
- To see vs seeing - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Seeing my stuff at your grocery is a great source of pride! The verb "to see" is the subject, so I suppose that using "to see" is the right way but it sounds so strange to me
- 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'
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