Timeline for doing [determiner] grocery shopping
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| Nov 30, 2022 at 9:47 | vote | accept | Apollyon | ||
| Nov 28, 2022 at 17:17 | comment | added | WS2 | It is difficult for anyone who learns a language in adulthood ever to be able to perfect their idioms in the way a native speaker can. I know this from a lifetime of trying to be a French speaker. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 at 9:07 | comment | added | Apollyon | Thank you. Learners who say "do shopping" can certainly get their idea across, but I'm wondering if it's as idiomatic as "do the shopping" or "do grocery shopping." If there is a difference in acceptability, even a small one, it's something worth our attention. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 at 8:49 | comment | added | WS2 | @Apollyon There isn't much wrong with it - and everyone knows what it means. But I think that most British people would say simply "...his wife was shopping again, when..." or "his wife was doing the shopping again, when..." | |
| Nov 28, 2022 at 5:58 | comment | added | Apollyon | Thank you. Does "do shopping' sound okay to you? For example, "The man said he bought the Big Wednesday ticket to pass the time when his wife was shopping last week. His wife was doing shopping again when he returned to the counter and found out he had become a multi-millionaire." | |
| Nov 27, 2022 at 8:33 | history | answered | WS2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |