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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Confectionery

Is this sentence correct:



"That chain of supermarkets produces good confectionery."

  

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Christine Christie That chain of supermarkets Consider using the more economical "That supermarket chain" instead. Christine Christie produces Do you mean "sells its own brand of"? Christine Christie good Can you use a more precise adjective?

  • Christine Christie That chain of supermarkets Consider using the more economical "That supermarket chain" instead.
  • Christine Christie produces Do you mean "sells its own brand of"?
  • Christine Christie good Can you use a more precise adjective?
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Christine ChristieThat chain of supermarkets

Consider using the more economical "That supermarket chain" instead.

Christine Christieproduces

Do you mean "sells its own brand of"?

Christine Christiegood

Can you use a more precise adjective?

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Christine Christieconfectionery

That is a shop that sells sweets.

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AlpheccaStarsThat is a shop that sells sweets.

That may be the case in AmE, but in other varieties, the term is used to refer to sweets.

Take a look at the main entry #1 in the link below.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/confectionery

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