Supermarket
Do English speakers, ever use the term' supermarket'?
Or do they always say "grocery store", whether it's a small or a larger venue?
(By the way, can the term 'venue' be used in this sense?)
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East Coast, US—"supermarket" is the plain word for the large store where you do your weekly food shopping. It is never called a grocery store. There might be a grocery store, a smallish food store, around, but they are getting rarer by the minute.
- East Coast, US—"supermarket" is the plain word for the large store where you do your weekly food shopping.
- It is never called a grocery store.
- There might be a grocery store, a smallish food store, around, but they are getting rarer by the minute.
- The small store of a similar type is called a convenience store, and they are getting less convenient by the minute.
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East Coast, US—"supermarket" is the plain word for the large store where you do your weekly food shopping. It is never called a grocery store. There might be a grocery store, a smallish food store, around, but they are getting rarer by the minute. The small store of a similar type is called a convenience store, and they are getting less convenient by the minute.
0Christine ChristieDo English speakers, ever use the term' supermarket'?
Regularly in the UK. Other shops are used, like newsagents, off licences and corner shops.
Christine ChristieOr do they always say "grocery store",
That's mainly a part of North American English.
0Christine ChristieDo English speakers [no comma] ever use the term' supermarket'?
Yes.
Christine ChristieOr do they always say "grocery store", whether it's a small or a larger venue?
No. I've heard both. I often just say "store".
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