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Is “I am at the doctor's” a correct usage? [duplicate]

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Store names & possessive

Is the following sentence a correct usage to tell someone that I’m in the clinic to see the doctor right now

I’m at the doctor’s


Is “I am at the doctor's” a correct usage? [duplicate]

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Possible Duplicate:
Store names & possessive

Is the following sentence a correct usage to tell someone that I’m in the clinic to see the doctor right now

I’m at the doctor’s

Is “I am at the doctor's” a correct usage? [duplicate]

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Possible Duplicate:
Store names & possessive

Is the following sentence a correct usage to tell someone that I’m in the clinic to see the doctor right now

I’m at the doctor’s

Possessive of already possessive proper noun! [duplicate]

What is the possesive of the plural of latch? [closed]

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How would you refer to the levers for a group of latches?

Would that be:

  1. “the latches’s levers”
  2. “the latches levers”
  3. “the latches’ levers”

Thank you!

“in you_ and your family’s best interests”

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I’ve seen this picture of a leaflet being tweeted today. It’s supposedly issued by the UK government and distributed widely:

The referendum is a once in a generation decision. The Government believes it is in you and your family’s best interests that the UK remains in the European Union.

Am I overlooking something or does it really contain the grammar error discussed in "You and your" vs. "Your and your"?

I could see the possessive ’s applying to the whole phrase

it is in (you and your family)’s best interests,

because the plural interests wouldn’t properly match singular your, i.e. it’s a short form of either of

  • it is in your best interest and in your family’s best interest
  • it is in your best interest and in your family’s best interests

instead of

  • it is in your best interests and in your family’s best interests

Post genitive usage

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I am writing an introduction to a mathematical text and have to convey the authorship of certain ideas and theorems. However, I am unsure which of the phrases I wanted to use are actually proper English. Let’s say I have an author named Steven Stevenson; which of the following constructions would you use?

“Concept A is closely related to concept B via the trace formula of Stevenson’s.” or rather “Concept A is closely related to concept B via Stevenson’s trace formula.”?

“We present an algorithm based on an idea of Stevenson’s.” or rather “We present an algorithm based on an idea by Stevenson.”?

“We employ this method together with an algorithm of Steven Stevenson’s to construct something.” or rather “We employ this method together with an algorithm by Steven Stevenson to construct something.”?

Note that I am inclined to use the post genitive since these authors usually have several algorithms, ideas or theorems to their name.

I'm not sure if “'s” is valid in this sentence

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While writing an academic paper on chemistry, I have to write a section, entitled:

Cumene hydroperoxide’s dissociative adsorption.

My question is, would it be correct to write it without ‘s ? In other words, which one is more grammatically correct? The previous one or one of the following:

Cumene hydroperoxide dissociative adsorption.

Dissociative adsorption of cumene hydroperoxide.

My first tongue is Spanish, and I’m afraid the third option may be a too literal translation and will not sound as proper english.


Which one is correct? earth treasures , or earth's treasures

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I want to know which one is correct?

We illuminate earth treasures.
or
we illuminate earth’s treasures.

Double possessive of a single noun

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I am writing a question for a quiz. I need some advice on what the “right” way to word the question.

The question follows a short passage in a foreign language. The question is asking about the color of the speaker’s father’s car.

As I have it written, the question reads:
“What color is the speaker’s father’s car?”

Is there a more concise way to ask the question?





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