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davidad

Nov. 27, 2020

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I went to the doctor yesterday

I had a doctor appointment yesterday and I had to wait like an hour outside. I know that the system is overloaded, but I felt I was losing my time.

Once I got there, the doctor was very nice and attended me very well, he was not in a rush trying to attend me quicker.

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I had a doctor appointment yesterday and I had to wait like an hour outside.

"wait like an hour" is extremely casual speech, but correct, so I haven't changed anything but want to make a note. "Like" is usually used in spoken English as a filler sound, like "ummm" or "ahh". You might hear something such as: "He's like, really cool." However, in written English, where you are not saying things immediately, these filler sounds are usually not included. If you want to show uncertainty I would say: "I had to wait about an hour" instead.

I know that the system is overloaded, but I felt like I was loswasting my time.

I just said "like" is casual English, but this "like" means "as if", and so is a separate use case than the "like" from before.

Once I got there, the doctor was very nice and attended to me very well, h. He was not in a rush trying to attend to me quicker.

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Overall, quite clear entry. Hopefully the word "like" isn't too confusing. English has this annoying problem where one word can have many different meanings, and it is usually impossible to understand all of them.

I went to the doctor yesterday


I had a doctor appointment yesterday and I had to wait like an hour outside.


I had a doctor appointment yesterday and I had to wait like an hour outside.

"wait like an hour" is extremely casual speech, but correct, so I haven't changed anything but want to make a note. "Like" is usually used in spoken English as a filler sound, like "ummm" or "ahh". You might hear something such as: "He's like, really cool." However, in written English, where you are not saying things immediately, these filler sounds are usually not included. If you want to show uncertainty I would say: "I had to wait about an hour" instead.

I know that the system is overloaded, but I felt I was losing my time.


I know that the system is overloaded, but I felt like I was loswasting my time.

I just said "like" is casual English, but this "like" means "as if", and so is a separate use case than the "like" from before.

Once I got there, the doctor was very nice and attended me very well, he was not in a rush trying to attend me quicker.


Once I got there, the doctor was very nice and attended to me very well, h. He was not in a rush trying to attend to me quicker.

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