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Thu 25 Mar, 2010 02:59 am
I have put the shopping on the table.
Is the above sentence natural? In my country, the people seldom use 'shopping' to mean things that I have bought from the shop.
Thanks in advance.
@tanguatlay,
I would never say that. I might put the groceries on the table, but never shopping.
@roger,
Of course, you never know what English speakers outside the U.S. are going to say.
I have heard Americans refer to the sum of one's purchases as "the shopping," as in: "Help your father bring the shopping in from the car."
@Setanta,
funnily enough i placed the shopping on the bench
but put it in the pantry
Shopping or "the shopping" can be a noun.
Shopping was very difficult today becasue I could not find a parking place.
= the entire experience
I put the shopping away = I put (all the items I bought) away.
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