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.
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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).
The English TeacherBakery is a wrong word because you can not buy bakery at a shopFascinating. 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?
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.
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.'