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Yes, "un magasin" is any kind of shop, but "une botique" is a special, usually small, shop, often dealing in luxury goods or specialised items.
That's the thing, in English a boutique is by definition a type of clothes shop, unless it is otherwise specified. Talking about clothing boutiques doesn't make sense.
There are multiple types of boutiques clothing, jewelery, furniture, lamp et cetera
"A boutique is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewelry." - It is implied that a boutique sells clothes (but boutiques never sell electronics or other goods), so it's like calling it a "clothing clothes" store. I think "She has a boutique" should be accepted in this case.
I agree, a boutique by definition sells clothes; 'clothing boutique' is like saying 'meat butcher'.
Not necessarily. It can be used for any small, fashionable shop that deals in small, special selections of merchandise or even services, often for sophisticated or specialized clientele.
I agree, for example I've seen jewelry boutiques before. Boutiques are most often associated with clothing, sure, but there are other types out there :)
On the East Coast of the US we would definitely say clothing boutique. There are also jewelry boutiques, and boutiques for particular products or designers.
The correction provided to me was: "she's a clothing shop." The correct translation is "she has a clothing shop" [or boutique, as per above]. American English wouldn't contract "she" and "has".
I agree - that's clearly incorrect. When we say things like "she's gone" (see below), it is a tense (actually tense + aspect) construction, not possessive, as in this case. In this case "She's" must stand for "She is", rather than "She has". And "She is a clothing shop" is clearly wrong.
Because it sounds strange for a french. In english, a flower bouquet is a "bouquet of flowers" not a "bouquet of THE flowers". Remember: DES = DE + LES (of + the).
As sloppy Americans, we refer to these as "dress shops". Clothing boutique...really?
Not necessarily, not if they don't sell dresses. Some clothing boutiques specialize in specific clothing which might not include dresses or even suits. There is a clothing boutique near a ski resort that only sells ski clothes, for example.
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To a Frenchman this sounds like 'a shop of the clothes'. He would understand you but it's just not how the French would say it.
Again - it cannot be correct - in present/generic tense, "She's" stands for "She is" not "She has". To stand for the latter, there would need to be a past participle in the sentence - e.g. "She has gone" = "She's gone", or "She has finished" = "She's finished".
Not all boutiques sell fancy clothes, scroll up for an example that I gave to someone else. To me, a dress shop is just one kind of boutique.
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"garment shop" is very stilted English. We might more readily say clothes shop (or store), dress shop, outfitters or even boutique, but absolutely never "clothing boutique" as in English usage boutique ALWAYS means a clothes shop, though not for the kind of clothes this unfashionable middle aged male wears!
Maybe where you live, but if you read the other comments you will find there are other kinds of boutiques--I have a friend with a jewelry boutique and if you google boutique banking, you will get many hits. For me, a boutique is an establishment that sells specialized goods at high prices.
In "boutique banking", "boutique" is used as an adjective, which it definitely can be. But "a boutique", a noun, as in this case, is necessarily an upmarket clothes shop in British English (though in American English it appears it's just an upmarket [anything] shop). Therefore, this should be an accepted translation because British/Commonwealth and American versions are both accepted in the course.
The english translation is american and sounds un-natural to non Americans.
