possessives - "Doctor's appointment" or "doctors appointment"?


I've looked this up online, but I can't find any explanations from reasonably credible sources, so I'm posting my question here! (Was that a comma splice?)


Should I refer to the appointment that I made with my doctor as a "doctor's appointment" or "doctors appointment"? What if I'm referring to more than one appointment with two different doctors?



Answer



As the doctor also has an appointment with you, doctor's appointment is appropriate in its own right. It is also by far the most common as a set phrase:


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Any other plural usage would be entirely subjective.


Graph source: Google Books Ngram


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