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| Freethinker |
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? ► 6.0/94.0 To operate serious weapons in a serious manner. | ||
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Drug Dealer |
Agreed, but it's kinda like "Drive Slow/Drive Slowly". When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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| Member |
Locally is grammatically correct, but it's really an ad slogan, so some creative license is expected and acceptable. | |||
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Don't Panic |
Jeff Bezos would say, 'Neither one.'  | |||
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I don't think it's like that. 'Drive slow' is not correctly.  Year V | |||
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| Member |
[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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Apple didn't help anything with their grammatically challenged "Think Different" ad campaign. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
I think you're right but “Shop local” has become common and accepted. K "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
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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Nullus Anxietas |
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." -- Anatole France "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
Yes, but at that point it's stylish. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
"Buy your shit here" Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| Member |
agree -- esp. since 'shop local' can be considered a shortened version of 'shop local stores' or 'shop local vendors' --------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
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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| Member |
^^^^^^^^^ 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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| Conveniently located directly above the center of the Earth  |
Bezos would market a booklet "Using Adverbs for Dummies"..... **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
"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. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Freethinker |
I just assumed it was an expression coined by someone who was grammatically challenged.  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. ► 6.0/94.0 To operate serious weapons in a serious manner. | |||
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| Member |
patronize your local retailer Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Member |
That's how I interpret the two terms. -MG | |||
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