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MustAsk Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Stock/supplies

In a grocery store: We are running out of that product, but there's new [stock/supplies] coming tomorrow.

I'm confused about which of the words should be used. Maybe neither? Is there a better word?

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You can have both. I would naturally choose "stock", perhaps because these are the supplies of products for sale to customers - not all supplies. " Kind regards, Michael

— Michael Chambers Teaching English

  • You can have both.
  • I would naturally choose "stock", perhaps because these are the supplies of products for sale to customers - not all supplies.
  • " Kind regards, Michael
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You can have both. I would naturally choose "stock", perhaps because these are the supplies of products for sale to customers - not all supplies. If you are writing more formally, you would have to use the plural - "there are" for supplies, or "new stock / supplies is / are coming tomorrow."

Kind regards, Michael
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