The grocery is properly divided into three syllables. The root word is grocer. That is two syllables. If you add the y it then becomes three syllables. However when the general populous uses the word they say it improperly. They say "grosh ree". It really is
gro cer y or gross er ee.
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There are 3 syllables in grocery:gro/ce/ry
Altogether is divided up into 4 syllables .
how do you divide the word pieces into syllables
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