Imagine the situation: a busy mother is pushing a heavy trolley around a supermarket. Her baby is sitting in the seat and crying (1) ... food, while her two bigger children have become bored and are starting to run (2) ... the shop. They have already spent (3) ... hour in their car, stuck in queues of vehicles waiting to park, and the mother will soon have to carry a large number of bags back to the car. Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier (4) ... the mother to order her shopping (5) ... the Internet? This method of shopping saves time and transport costs, enables you to see (6) ... much greater range of goods, and must surely be a lot less stressful. So why has internet shopping not caught on to (7) ... greater extent? The answer may well be that most people still enjoy leaving their homes to shop. They want to be able to see and touch the goods, try (8) ... clothes before buying them, for example. That is why, in my opinion, internet shopping will never replace conventional shopping.
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