Should it be doctors appointment OR doctor's appointment?

AnonymousI can't work out which to use. Is it doctor's appointment because it is an appointment with the doctor and is an appointment belonging to the doctor?

Neither. It should be, as you have written: an appointment with the doctor.

One problem. I don't have space to write the full sentence. In speech, people say doctors appointment and this is what I need to write but I feel like I should add an apostrophe.

It should be "doctor's appointment."

Thanks!

YoungCalifornianIt should be "doctor's appointment."

I would like to confirm.

Do we say, "I've a doctor's appointment" OR "I've an appointment with a doctor"?

Many thanks.

AnonymousOne problem. I don't have space to write the full sentence...

Yoong Liat I would like to confirm. Do we say, "I've a doctor's appointment" OR "I've an appointment with a doctor"?

Hi Yoong,

I guess there's been a misunderstanding. The original poster wasn't looking for a complete sentence.
S/he proba

Hi Tanit

Thanks for pointing out the misunderstanding. I tend to see queries from a grammatical point of view.

"Doctor's appointment" would be correct usage.

This phrase, to a native speaker, sounds right but is constructed strangely when analyzed. For most phrases of this type, you would use an adjective as the first word (such as "dental appointment") or you would describe the item being examined ("eye appointment").

The possesive "doctor's" in this case serves more to create an adjecti

Hi,

AnonymousIs it doctor's appointment

Doctor's appointment = Wrong

Doctor appointment = Right.

When you have an appointment with the doctor, it should be called doctor appointment, but not doctor's appointment.

1. I have an appointment with the doctor.

2. She has an appointment with the gynaecologist.

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