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"doctor" versus "doctor's"



 
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"doctor" versus "doctor's" #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 30, 2006 20:59 pm   "doctor" versus "doctor's"
 

Hello! How is it going?

1.-I went to the doctor.
2.-I went to the doctor?s.

Are both correct?
I?ve always said "I went to the doctor",
but yesterday I saw someone
had written "I went to the doctor?s".
What?s the difference?

Thanks a lot!
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Doctor vs. doctor's #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:14 am   Doctor vs. doctor's
 

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No difference in meaning; it a regional or personal use. Doctor's is presumably a short form of 'doctor's office/clinic'.
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