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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Shops in BE / AE
Hi all,
can you confirm to me is the main difference between words that describe shops is the apostrophe-s at the end of the shop's name?
E.g.: AE = butcher / BE = butcher's
Or is it also common to use the apostrophe-s form in AE?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Malte
can you confirm to me is the main difference between words that describe shops is the apostrophe-s at the end of the shop's name?
E.g.: AE = butcher / BE = butcher's
Or is it also common to use the apostrophe-s form in AE?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Malte
Top answer
In American English, the 's form is also used.
- In American English, the 's form is also used.
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Hi,
Broadly speaking, I don't think I use this "person plus apostrophe' form much, maybe not at all.
eg I go to a shoe store, a supermarket, a beer store,an electronics store.
I even go to the doctor, rather than the doctor's.
Clive
Broadly speaking, I don't think I use this "person plus apostrophe' form much, maybe not at all.
eg I go to a shoe store, a supermarket, a beer store,an electronics store.
I even go to the doctor, rather than the doctor's.
Clive
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