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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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see a/the doctor

0Which article do you use in "I went to see a/the doctor" when the doctor you are going to see is not your personal doctor but just a randomly picked doctor in the neigborhood of many doctors"?02br
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, you "go to the doctor" even when you don't know which doctor you'll see. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • , you "go to the doctor" even when you don't know which doctor you'll see.
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0Idiomatically, at least in the U.S., you "go to the doctor" even when you don't know which doctor you'll see. You also "call the plumber" without having a personal plumber, etc.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Idiomatically, at least in the U.S., you "go to the doctor" even when you don't know which doctor you'll see. You also "call the plumber" without having a personal plumber, etc.12br
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10I think, in BrE, if I remember correctly what I've read, "I see a doctor"
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