Doctor's or Doctors?
Hi, I've created some marketing materials for the company that I work for and it has all been approved and printed already, but a hyphen is now being questioned on one of the sentences which has been printed on most of the materials. The sentence which is being questioned is as follows:
"Doctor's having trouble getting a line through to triage?"
I've understood it as a shortening of the sentence:
'The doctor is having trouble getting a line through to triage?'
But apparently it was meant as a shortened version of plural doctors as follows:
'Are the doctors having trouble getting a line through to triage?'
We're wondering whether it will be understood as the singular version doctor'(i)s having trouble... or whether it is completely incorrect and we have to reprint all of the materials :-(
Any comments?
Top answer
" This is an informal version of Is the doctor having trouble ... triage? That's how it will be understood.
- " This is an informal version of Is the doctor having trouble ...
- triage?
- That's how it will be understood.
- " unless the reader doesn't understand the use of apostrophes.
- CJ
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
silver teal 86"Doctor's having trouble getting a line through to triage?"
This is an informal version of
Is the doctor having trouble ... triage?
That's how it will be understood. It won't be taken as "Are the doctors ...?" unless the reader doesn't understand the use of apostrophes.
CJ
0
Related Questions