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Chiachen Posted 14 years ago
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I bought some bakery, tomatoes, and some milk.
  

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I bought some bakery, tomatoes and some milk. This is a shopping list - tomatoes and milk are what you buy at the shop. Bakery is a wrong word because you can not buy bakery at a shop but you can buy tomatoes and milk at a shop.

  • I bought some bakery, tomatoes and some milk.
  • This is a shopping list - tomatoes and milk are what you buy at the shop.
  • Bakery is a wrong word because you can not buy bakery at a shop but you can buy tomatoes and milk at a shop.
  • What do you mean with the word bakery?
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I bought some bakery, tomatoes and some milk.

This is a shopping list - tomatoes and milk are what you buy at the shop.

Bakery is a wrong word because you can not buy bakery at a shop but you can buy tomatoes and milk at a shop.

What do you mean with the word bakery?
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chiachenI bought some bakery, tomatoes, and some milk.
I see no problem in your sentence. Bakery can refer to baked goods(say, bread or cakes).

Prajwal
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The English TeacherBakery is a wrong word because you can not buy bakery at a shop
Fascinating. I never realized that "bakery" in the sense "baked goods" is dialectic. Around here that is the ordinary word for the stuff. Only one of the three dictionaries I just looked at even recognize the definition. Do the rest of you actually say "baked goods" for that?
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enoonDo the rest of you actually say "baked goods" for that?
We don't say that at our house, and I think I speak for most BE speakers.

I say 'I bought a sliced loaf, six scones and a Danish pastry'.

Rover
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It's a wrong word for baked goods. Lets vote it down folks.(period) Do we say a sliced loaf in the States, too?
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Rover_KEI say 'I bought a sliced loaf, six scones and a Danish pastry'.
I say 'I bought a loaf of bread, six donuts and a wheat-free lemon boysenberry muffin.'

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