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- 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
- 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 napkins, band aids, detergents (laundry, dish), cleansers, bath soap and shampoo, paper towels, trash bags, hand cream, tooth paste, sun block, hair
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- A word for the job a cashier does for each customer
A cashier in a grocery store has __ 80 customers today Expedited? Served? Handled? I have a feeling there's a better word
- A list with only one item - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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
- Where did the phrase I dont give a rats ass come from?
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 comes from, but it was probably picked up more for how it rolls of the tongue than other reasons
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