automatically masculine Dr. Smith picked up her bag A doctor could forget his or her equipment When referring to two married doctors, it is o ensive to write “Dr.
and Mrs. Smith or “Drs. John and Mary Smith Put instead Dr. John and Dr. Mary
Smith.” The same point applies to coauthors or coinventors.
Seethe entry on sexistlanguage. Dr is also an
abbreviation for drive “3789 West Brookdale Dr.”
Drank. See
drink.Draw, drew, drawn. An
irregular verb in its main,
past tense, and past
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