Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Common Word Problems - Sell and Sale

Sale and Sell

Sale is a noun, and sell is a verb. They are not interchangeable, and sound similar, but not identical.

Here are some examples:

Lucy went to the shop where the store clerk had tried to sell her a bunny outfit two months ago, but found that the store was having a 'going-out-of-business' sale, and had no bunny outfits left over.

Mark and Eileen wanted to move to the city and had a yard sale because they wanted to sell many of their belongings.

You sell something when you have it on sale.

You have a sale when you want to sell something.

Sell is a verb, it means you offer something to someone else for money.

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