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Tanit Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
non-food sector?
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00 If I want to refer to shops which do not sell food, ad I also want to exclude pubs, restaurants, cafés etc., in BrE can I say " 01 i 00 non-food sector 02 i 00 ", " 01 i 00 non-food retailers 02 i 00 " and so on? 02 br
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00 Thanks! 0-
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00 If I want to refer to shops which do not sell food, ad I also want to exclude pubs, restaurants, cafés etc., in BrE can I say " 01 i 00 non-food sector 02 i 00 ", " 01 i 00 non-food retailers 02 i 00 " and so on? 02 br
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0 Non food retailers would probably be ok because bars/pubs/restaurants would be classed as leisure sector rather than the retail sector. 0-
- 0 Non food retailers would probably be ok because bars/pubs/restaurants would be classed as leisure sector rather than the retail sector.
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0 Non food retailers would probably be ok because bars/pubs/restaurants would be classed as leisure sector rather than the retail sector. 0-
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00 Thanks, I didn't know that! I thought they could be considered as retailers! 0-
01 cite 10 Tidus 12 cite 10 bars/pubs/restaurants would be classed as leisure sector rather than the retail sector. 12 br10 Hi, Tidus, 02 br
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00 Thanks, I didn't know that! I thought they could be considered as retailers! 0-
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0 I suppose they are retailers because they sell things, but in the UK, 'Retailers' tends to refer to shops rather than bars/pubs/restaurants. 0-
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