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[Smog On The Medway]

People who say they are going to Asdas or Tescos Its not plural!!!!

I agree but why is Sainsbury's accpetable? Had the same conversation at work the other day, sad I know.

 

[SmallTown]

I agree but why is Sainsbury's accpetable? Had the same conversation at work the other day, sad I know.

Because it's the companies name. J Sainsbury's stores?

 

[A]

Because it's the companies name. J Sainsbury's stores?

Based on that Tesco's would be correct as it is Thomas Edward Stockwell and Jack Cohen's stores

Asdas could be argued to be correct as it is Associated Dairies, not Associated Dairy

 

[BaronSmoggie]

Based on that Tesco's would be correct as it is Thomas Edward Stockwell and Jack Cohen's stores

Asdas could be argued to be correct as it is Associated Dairies, not Associated Dairy

Sainsbury's chose to call themselves the plural, Asda and Tesco didn't, its only loosely related to the founders name.

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/
https://www.tesco.com/
https://www.asda.com/

Cardiff makes a fair point.

 

[futureboy]

Yes but you may not "get" it. That's the job of the barista or shopkeeper.

Since "get" is defined as "come to have or receive" (as I've mentioned), you're contradicting yourself.

You're taking "get" to mean "fetch", which is an alternative meaning. I've gone into the shop to get ("come to have, or receive") a coffee, so get a coffee is exactly what I'm doing. People might not like it as it's something of an Americanism, but this is only a matter of taste, as the phrase itself is linguistically sound. So you can argue that you personally don't like to hear it, but you can't state that it's wrong.

 

[wilkos_perm]

Since "get" is defined as "come to have or receive" (as I've mentioned), you're contradicting yourself.

You're taking "get" to mean "fetch", which is an alternative meaning. I've gone into the shop to get ("come to have, or receive") a coffee, so get a coffee is exactly what I'm doing. People might not like it as it's something of an Americanism, but this is only a matter of taste, as the phrase itself is linguistically sound. So you can argue that you personally don't like to hear it, but you can't state that it's wrong.

I agree with that. The distain of "can I get" is largely because it's an Americanism, and also deviates from usual etiquette e.g. "may I have". The argument against it being gramatically correct is dubious, especially since much of our language is reliant on context (it's clear in that context you're not asking to make it yourself, you're asking if you can obtain a coffee). Plus you'd say the Barista is making a coffee rather than getting one - ultimately the customer is the one who "gets" one in the context that it's being used

 

[Frozen Horse]

People who get upset about Americans calling football soccer

 

[SmallTown]

People who get upset about Americans calling football soccer

People who get upset about the English calling Soccer Football

 

[El Guapo]

The use of phrases like ‘touch base’ irritates me, no reason why they should. (Always makes me think ‘touch cloth’ bizarrely)