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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Want to be doctor

You don't think I am lawyer enough, you mean? ?W.Faulkner, Sanctuary

He had office duties, he was judge and tax collector. ?W. Maugham, Six Stories

[no article + singular countable noun]

But, why not 'I want to be doctor'?

I suppose this should be also possible in the sense I want to be a doctor worthy of the name.

  

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Anonymous why not 'I want to be doctor'? this should be also possible in the sense I want to be a doctor worthy of the name. It doesn't work like that.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous why not 'I want to be doctor'?
  • this should be also possible in the sense I want to be a doctor worthy of the name.
  • It doesn't work like that.
  • It's not a unique role.
  • I want to be a doctor.
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Anonymouswhy not 'I want to be doctor'? ... this should be also possible in the sense I want to be a doctor worthy of the name.

It doesn't work like that. It's not a unique role.

I want to be a doctor.  (one of thousands of doctors throughout the world)
I want to be tax collector. (where the context makes clear that there is only
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