1) Jane owes $10 to doctor James.
2) Jane owes doctor James $10.
3) You owe $10 o our hospital.
4) You owe our hospital $10.
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... or more frequently these days: Dr James.We usually write it like this: Dr. James
That's the UK standard.... or more frequently these days: Dr James.
There are letters missing again, tufguy. You're not concentrating. Please edit your post. Is "James" the doctor's first name or surname?
That's the UK standard.
In the US, we don't omit the period: Mr. Smith, Dr. James, Ms. Johnson, Rev. Jackson
Once, I spent a year in an outback hospital working with my brother (also a doctor) and one other doctor - just the three of us. We were Dr. Ray, Dr. Ian (my brother) and, probably by extension, Dr. Phil. It would have been confusing if everyone called both my brother and me Dr. Surname. I must say that I preferred Dr. Ray to simply Ray from patients and most nursing staff. I also know of several other pairs of brothers working in general practice using Dr. Firstname. Really, it's not at all rare here. And there are worse things your patients could call you!I don't really mind which I use but I wouldn't use "Dr + first name". They're either "Doctor Morris" or "John".
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