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Freethinker
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posted December 10, 2020 07:28 PM
It’s always seemed to me that because shop is a verb, the modifier should be the adverb locally. I’ve only seen one locale that urged residents to shop “locally” rather than “local,” though, so that is definitely a minority view. Or can “local” be an adverb?

What sayeth the membership?




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posted December 10, 2020 07:32 PMHide Post
Agreed, but it's kinda like "Drive Slow/Drive Slowly".



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posted December 10, 2020 07:38 PMHide Post
Locally is grammatically correct, but it's really an ad slogan, so some creative license is expected and acceptable.
 
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posted December 10, 2020 07:41 PMHide Post
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posted December 10, 2020 08:42 PMHide Post
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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
Agreed, but it's kinda like "Drive Slow/Drive Slowly".

I don't think it's like that. 'Drive slow' is not correctly. Razz



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posted December 10, 2020 08:59 PMHide Post
[quote]Locally is grammatically correct, but it's really an ad slogan, so some creative license is expected and acceptable.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I find improper grammar annoying. Improper grammar just makes you sound stupid. I can accept it in Song Lyrics,but not in ads.
 
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posted December 10, 2020 09:42 PMHide Post
Apple didn't help anything with their grammatically challenged "Think Different" ad campaign.



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posted December 10, 2020 09:55 PMHide Post
I think you're right but “Shop local” has become common and accepted. K



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posted December 10, 2020 10:22 PMHide Post
FWIW, the only people I've ever seen consistently use the phrase "shop local" were local buisnesses, chambers of commerce, economic development agencies and other booster-ish kinds of organizations.
 
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posted December 10, 2020 10:36 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by chellim1:
I think you're right but “Shop local” has become common and accepted. K

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posted December 10, 2020 10:50 PMHide Post
Yes, but at that point it's stylish.
 
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posted December 10, 2020 10:51 PMHide Post
"Buy your shit here"






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posted December 11, 2020 04:42 AMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by bigwagon:
Locally is grammatically correct, but it's really an ad slogan, so some creative license is expected and acceptable.


agree -- esp. since 'shop local' can be considered a shortened version of 'shop local stores' or 'shop local vendors'

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posted December 11, 2020 05:01 AMHide Post
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Originally posted by Sig209:

...since 'shop local' can be considered a shortened version of 'shop local stores' or 'shop local vendors'


That's the answer right there. "shop local" is a slogan meaning "shop at locally owned <insert businesses, farmers, stores, etc.>" in a shortened form. I can shop locally at Wal-Mart, but I wouldn't be shopping local as the advertising campaign is promoting.

Around here it's "FLocal" for Florida's postal abbreviation and local.
 
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posted December 11, 2020 10:17 AMHide Post
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"Buy your shit here"

^^^^^^^^^
This I like. Very memmorable. On the other hand it could present a problem in rural areas where manure is for sale.
 
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posted December 11, 2020 10:53 AMHide Post
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Jeff Bezos would say, 'Neither one.'


Bezos would market a booklet "Using Adverbs for Dummies".....


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posted December 11, 2020 11:01 AMHide Post
"Shop locally" is clearly the grammatically correct version.

"Shop local" though I think is actually a shortened version of a longer phrase, such as, "Shop at your local hardware store" or something to that effect. But that's really just my assumption.


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posted December 11, 2020 11:16 AMHide Post
I just assumed it was an expression coined by someone who was grammatically challenged. Smile

I was discussing the question with an English major friend, and it was interesting to me that “local” just seemed wrong to both of us without any conscious analysis. As I told her, English teachers did have some effect on some of us after all.




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patronize your local retailer





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posted December 11, 2020 11:35 AMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
quote:
Originally posted by Sig209:

...since 'shop local' can be considered a shortened version of 'shop local stores' or 'shop local vendors'


That's the answer right there. "shop local" is a slogan meaning "shop at locally owned <insert businesses, farmers, stores, etc.>" in a shortened form. I can shop locally at Wal-Mart, but I wouldn't be shopping local as the advertising campaign is promoting.

That's how I interpret the two terms.


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