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miss noor
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gone to the doctor ´s
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Hi,
I have a question
He has gone to the doctor ´s
What doest it mean ?
When do we use ´s with different jobs ?
Please I want information about this.
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13 Apr 2009
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seyda
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Hi
As far as I know they have a place where they work such as butcher ´s,greengrocer ´s....Butcher is the person but if you say butcher ´s you mean the place where meat is sold....Hope I could help:) |
13 Apr 2009
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miss noor
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Can we say teacher ´s ?
I mean we can use ´s with all jobs ???????????? |
13 Apr 2009
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isabelle99
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In my opinion, it ´s a possessive case. When you say "at the doctor ´s", you mean " at the doctor ´s place"; like in "at the butcher ´s (shop)", "at the baker ´s (shop), or "at my mum ´s (house). the place is not written because it ´s sort of obvious for people, so it can be undercurrent without disturbing people ´s understanding of the sentence. i hope i could help, have a nice day (Night?)!!
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13 Apr 2009
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seyda
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no you can not say teacher ´s...so you can not use for all the jobs..... |
13 Apr 2009
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Ivona
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You can say teacher ´s but in the following context:
I ´m going to my teacher ´s (house) after school to further practise with him/her for the national competition in ... pulling someone´s leg  btw, miss noor, you never cease to amaze me with your Qs here  |
13 Apr 2009
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isabelle99
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I would rather use it only for for shops and medical professions but I haven ´t found any rationnal explanation for that!
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13 Apr 2009
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freddie
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I absolutely agree with Ivona. I would absolutely use it in the context she mentioned. I would go further. This form is used as a short form to refer to someone`s place:
I am going to my girlfriend ´s for dinner tomorrow night.
We understand that the speaker means his/her girlfriend ´s house.
Yes we use it for jobs when there is a place of work.
I have to go to the butcher ´s today to pick up some sausage.
Again it is obvious that we mean the place where the butcher works so it isn ´t necessary to say it.
Hope this helps Miss Noor 
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13 Apr 2009
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miss noor
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Yes this helps
Thank you a lot all of you |
13 Apr 2009
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helena2009
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But we cannot say:
"I was in my grandmother ´s yesterday."
Am I right? |
13 Apr 2009
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Zora
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Correct... but you could say "I was AT my grandmother ´s yesterday."
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13 Apr 2009
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