What is the difference between "the sell by date" and "the sell th

[Attilas]

Test No. incompl/advan-4 "Newspaper Headlines", question 2

You should always check the sell ......... date of things you buy in the supermarket.

(a) in
(b) through
(c) by
(d) off

Test No. incompl/advan-4 "Newspaper Headlines", answer 2

You should always check the sell by date of things you buy in the supermarket.

Correct answer: (c) by

Your answer was: incorrect
You should always check the sell through date of things you buy in the supermarket.
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Would it then be incorrect to say: "This product can be sold throughout may"?

[Torsten]

Grammatically this would be correct but the idea of a sell by date is to indicate the end of the period an item can be sold. So, the important information is not the fact that the product can be sold every day in May but that it can't be sold after the end of May.
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[Rich7]

Also Called "shelf life" correct me if wrong.....

[Vitaly]

According to http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ "sell-by date" is a UK expression. And living in Canada for several years I've never heard such phrase. Why don't you stick with more internetional grammar?

[Alan]

Hi Vitaly,

Thank you for your comment. What is a similar expression in Canada?

Alan
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[Guest]

I guess most people say, "you can always check the expiry date..."

I am from Canada but currently living in England. Food sold in England supermarkets have both the "sell by date" and the "expiry date" printed on the labels.

In my opinion, I don't think it was appropriate to say "international grammar", I think the phrase "sell-by date" is more of a different cultural dialect.

[Guest]

I guess most people say, "you can always check the expiry date..."

I am from Canada but currently living in England. Food sold in England supermarkets have both the "sell by date" and the "expiry date" printed on the labels.

In my opinion, I don't think it was appropriate to say "international grammar", I think the phrase "sell-by date" is more of a different cultural dialect.