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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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the doctor's office vs the Doctor's Office
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 When you say 'the doctor's office', I think it would refer to a specific doctor's office, but how about this? 02 br
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00 the Doctor's Office -- Now, it is clear that we are dealing with a proper noun, that is 'Doctor's Office' and it would most likely to be considered as 'Doctor's' acting as an adjective, making the whole name as kind of a classifying possessive like 'children's center', but as you can see, now there is the definite article 'the'. Is it clear which noun it is modifying? A capitalizes 01 i 00 Doctor 02 i 00 or capitatized 01 i 00 Office 02 i 00 ? I think it is the capitalized 01 i 00 Office 02 i 00 ? 02 br
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00 How about here, what does 'a' here modify? 02 br
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01 i 00 Draw 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 bird's eye view of the classroom. -- I think 'a' modifies the classroom with the basic line of reasoning similar to the one above. 02 i 0-
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00 When you say 'the doctor's office', I think it would refer to a specific doctor's office, but how about this? 02 br
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00 the Doctor's Office -- Now, it is clear that we are dealing with a proper noun, that is 'Doctor's Office' and it would most likely to be considered as 'Doctor's' acting as an adjective, making the whole name as kind of a classifying possessive like 'children's center', but as you can see, now there is the definite article 'the'. Is it clear which noun it is modifying? A capitalizes 01 i 00 Doctor 02 i 00 or capitatized 01 i 00 Office 02 i 00 ? I think it is the capitalized 01 i 00 Office 02 i 00 ? 02 br
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00 How about here, what does 'a' here modify? 02 br
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01 i 00 Draw 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 bird's eye view of the classroom. -- I think 'a' modifies the classroom with the basic line of reasoning similar to the one above. 02 i 0-
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0 Hi Believer, 02 br 02 br 00 In the US, we say "the doctor" or "the doctor's office" without meaning a specific doctor. 02 br 02 br 00 For your second question, 01 i 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 bird's eye 01 u 00 view 02 u 00 of the classroom 02 i 00 is the entire noun phrase, but 01 i 00 view 02 i 00 is the simple object. 0-
- 0 Hi Believer, 02 br 02 br 00 In the US, we say "the doctor" or "the doctor's office" without meaning a specific doctor.
- 02 br 02 br 00 For your second question, 01 i 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 bird's eye 01 u 00 view 02 u 00 of the classroom 02 i 00 is the entire noun phrase, but 01 i 00 view 02 i 00 is the simple object.
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0 Hi Believer, 02 br
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00 In the US, we say "the doctor" or "the doctor's office" without meaning a specific doctor. It is one of the cases when you 01 i 00 don't 02 i 00 need to have established which person or thing you mean before using "the." I would say "I need to go see the doctor" without it being necessary for my listener to know who my doctor is. 02
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00 In the US, we say "the doctor" or "the doctor's office" without meaning a specific doctor. It is one of the cases when you 01 i 00 don't 02 i 00 need to have established which person or thing you mean before using "the." I would say "I need to go see the doctor" without it being necessary for my listener to know who my doctor is. 02
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