- 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 it acceptable in American English to pronounce grocery as groshery?
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", this particular word has several "correct", and widespread pronunciations that are under-represented in many dictionaries
- word choice - Can I call a cashier in a store a “clerk”? - English . . .
As to the first part of your question—about cashiers—Merriam-Webster gives as its definition 3c of clerk “one who works at a sales or service counter,” and it provides the usage example a grocery clerk
- A term for Groceries, toiletries Conveniences everyday products
Is there a common term that covers both groceries amp; conveniences Products that one would purchase either at supermarkets or corner stores? Is there a venue type that would describe supermarke
- 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
- Blanket term for things we often buy at grocery store that are not . . .
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 paper, kitchen n
- Word to call a person that works in a store
What kind of store do you mean? Dept store? Grocery store? The answer may vary Also, many larger stores have cashiers, stockers, and salespersons
- What are the machines at the grocery store entrance called?
They are located at grocery stores, drug stores, larger merchants, banks or other retail locations Look for 'coin counting machines,' ''coin counters sorters,' 'automatic coin counter,' 'coin exchange machines,' even 'money machine!' This may interest you in the design: How Products Are Made, Volume 4, Change Machine
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