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Grammar fix

regular customer

customer who comes often

A person who buys from the same shop, restaurant, or business many times, not just once.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • The barista knows my name because I’m a regular customer at the coffee shop.daily life
  • I prefer to shop at small local stores, and I’ve become a regular customer at the bakery near my house.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: regular customer (of/at [place])

WrongHe is a regularly customer.

RightHe is a regular customer.

'Regular' (adjective) + customer; 'regularly' is the adverb.

Patternregular customer (of/at [place])

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff He is a patron who frequents the establishment habitually.

Natural He's a regular customer.

'A patron who frequents the establishment' is Victorian; 'a regular' is the natural word.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • a regular customer
    a regular customera regularloyal customerthe regulars

Don't confuse it

A 'new customer' is someone visiting for the first time; a 'regular customer' comes back again and again.

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