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Mar 23, 2018 · Mar 23, 2018. #1. What should I use: 1.We make home delivery. Or. 2.We do home delivery. And delivery here means food / delivery of any kind like online shopping. So is my sentence correct?
Jun 23, 2014 · Jun 23, 2014. #3. Hello. In my opinion: "deliver" is a neutral term. If you order something from a company, on the internet, from a store, etc. it gets "delivered". The mail is also "delivered". When you "hand something over", the person who is getting/receiving the "something" is either a person of authority or power or the person is in a ...
Dec 23, 2015 · UK English. Dec 23, 2015. #2. A takeout is the meal (often takeaway in BE). A delivery is a delivery of a takeout. So they are not the same thing. I would expect to hear "I ordered a takeout". I would also expect "I'm expecting a delivery". In neither case would I say some with your examples.
Sep 23, 2014 · A delivery man delivers things ranging from envelopes and small packets to grand pianos and oil-fired range cookers. A courier may deliver packets and parcels. A Queen's Messenger is a courier who may well be carrying a diplomatic bag from one place to another, but he is most certainly not a delivery man.
Dec 8, 2015 · English - England. Dec 8, 2015. #3. I suspect that "delivery time/period" will mean, as your examples demonstrate, different things to different people. It usually implies the time from placing the order to the customer receiving the product but if you are asked for a delivery time, then you should define what you mean -> option 2 above.
Sep 15, 2014 · Hi, Oxford Dictionary gives one of its definitions with examples as below: a regular route that sb takes when delivering or collecting sth; a regular series of visits that sb makes Dr Green was on her daily ward rounds . a postman on his delivery round . Is it wrong to say "delivery...
May 10, 2007 · England (English) May 10, 2007. #3. Dispatch is when it (the package) leaves the warehouse, and is loaded on to the lorry. Delivery is when it arrives at its destination. S.
Oct 9, 2012 · English - American. Oct 9, 2012. #2. "I'm not sure about "Out of delivery," but I frequently see a similar message on package tracking webpages, "Out for delivery," meaning that the parcel has arrived in the destination city, that it is on a delivery vehicle, and that it should be delivered shortly to the intended recipient.
Jun 11, 2022 · Asking whether the person made sure to request delivery does not fit the context. The question is not about an order the speaker already knows the other person made; they’re not checking to make sure they indicated that they wanted it delivered. They’re asking about the context of the person’s waiting for their lunch.
Apr 1, 2013 · Member. Milan. Italian. Apr 1, 2013. #6. As for the singular/plural form of “delivery”, I think there’s a slight difference. For example “We make/do home delivery” is referring to the service offered, whereas “We make/do deliveries” sounds more like the concrete act of delivering to me. It’s just an impression though.
