How would I write 'She works in an accountants.'?

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I'm writing some prose and have a part if speech which i'm not too sure about.
Basically, in a conversation, an answer to a question is:

'She works in an accountants.'

Is that correct?

Or should it be 'She works in an accountant's.'

I know if i were saying 'i went to the chemist's' the comma would be suitable as it implies 'the chemist store'.

Help Please.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Use the apostrophe.

But more natural is
eg She works in an accountant's office.
eg She works for an accountant.

Clive

RandomGuy · Answer

Unless you are talking about a room where a specific accountant works, it’s accounting office.

RandomGuy · Answer

My last post was a bit murky, so I’ll just start over.

ryansamturner'She works in an accountant's.'

That won’t do. You need the word office, but an accountant’s office would usually refer to an individual’s office. For example, you could walk into an accountant's office and tell him to do your taxes for you free of charge, or if someone asks you Whose office is this? you could say It’s the accountant’s office (you can omit office here, since it’s clear from the context). However, it seems to me that you’re trying to say what kind of office it is. In that case, accounting office is the usual way to say it.

By the way, the punctuation mark ’ is an apostrophe, not a comma.

Ryansamturner · Answer

Hi.
My whole bit of conversation now goes as such.

'She hated working in that little office, all cramped and sweaty.'
'It was an accountant's office, wasn't it?'
'Yeah.'

Would you agree that it looks fine now?

Thanks for all your help.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes that's good now

Ryansamturner · Answer

Could you possibly help me with this one as well.

'I walked around to the passenger side of the car.'

or should it be 'passenger's side' or 'passengers' side'.

Thanks.

RandomGuy · Answer

ryansamturner'I walked around to the passenger side of the car.'
or should it be 'passenger's side' or 'passengers' side'.

This has already been answered.

Clive · Answer

Didn't you already post this query in another thread?

How would I write 'She works in an accountants.'?

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