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miss noor
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gone to the doctor īs
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Hi,
I have a question
He has gone to the doctor īs
What doest it mean ?
When do we use īs with different jobs ?
Please I want information about this.
Thanks in advance |
13 Apr 2009
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seyda
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Hi
As far as I know they have a place where they work such as butcher īs,greengrocer īs....Butcher is the person but if you say butcher īs you mean the place where meat is sold....Hope I could help:) |
13 Apr 2009
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miss noor
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Can we say teacher īs ?
I mean we can use īs with all jobs ???????????? |
13 Apr 2009
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isabelle99
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In my opinion, it īs a possessive case. When you say "at the doctor īs", you mean " at the doctor īs place"; like in "at the butcher īs (shop)", "at the baker īs (shop), or "at my mum īs (house). the place is not written because it īs sort of obvious for people, so it can be undercurrent without disturbing people īs understanding of the sentence. i hope i could help, have a nice day (Night?)!!
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13 Apr 2009
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seyda
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no you can not say teacher īs...so you can not use for all the jobs..... |
13 Apr 2009
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Ivona
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You can say teacher īs but in the following context:
I īm going to my teacher īs (house) after school to further practise with him/her for the national competition in ... pulling someoneīs leg  btw, miss noor, you never cease to amaze me with your Qs here  |
13 Apr 2009
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isabelle99
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I would rather use it only for for shops and medical professions but I haven īt found any rationnal explanation for that!
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13 Apr 2009
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freddie
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I absolutely agree with Ivona. I would absolutely use it in the context she mentioned. I would go further. This form is used as a short form to refer to someone`s place:
I am going to my girlfriend īs for dinner tomorrow night.
We understand that the speaker means his/her girlfriend īs house.
Yes we use it for jobs when there is a place of work.
I have to go to the butcher īs today to pick up some sausage.
Again it is obvious that we mean the place where the butcher works so it isn īt necessary to say it.
Hope this helps Miss Noor 
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13 Apr 2009
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miss noor
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Yes this helps
Thank you a lot all of you |
13 Apr 2009
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helena2009
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But we cannot say:
"I was in my grandmother īs yesterday."
Am I right? |
13 Apr 2009
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Zora
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Correct... but you could say "I was AT my grandmother īs yesterday."
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13 Apr 2009
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