Departmental store vs Department store

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I live in Singapore and we use British English. Should we use 'department store' or 'departmental store'?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

I've visited Singapore and it sounds more like American English to me.

V S Rao · Answer

Hi,

In India, we use the word "departmental store".

Sri

Anonymous · Answer

It's department store not departmental store.

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousI live in Singapore and we use British English. Should we use 'department store' or 'departmental store'?

Use the word that the department(al) store uses for itself.

If you research stores in Singapore, you'll eventually find the following stores on Google Maps:

Lipo Department Store
Takashimaya Department Store
ABC Departmental Store

Except for that last one, I could not find another that called itself a "departmental store". So it seems to me that in Singapore the usual word is 'department', not 'departmental'.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

Anonymous'departmental store'

This is not part of British English.

Departmental store vs Department store

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