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When you want to refer to a particular type of shop, you can often simply use the word for the person who owns or manages the shop. Down the road there is another greengrocer... Bring me back a paper from the newsagent. Alternatively, you can use the possessive form with 's, without a following noun. ...items which can be purchased at the greengrocer's... She also cleans offices and serves in a local newsagent's. You can also use the same pattern with other words that refer to a person or business that provides a service, such as hairdresser or dentist. Three or four times a week they'll go to the hairdresser... It's worse than being at the dentist's.

谈到某种类型的店铺时，常可以直接用店铺拥有者或经营者来指代该店铺。例如，Down the road there is another greengrocer (沿这条路还有一家蔬菜水果店)，Bring me back a paper from the newsagent (从书报亭给我带份报纸回来)。或者，可以用所有格’s后不接名词的形式来表示某种店铺： items which can be purchased at the greengrocer's (在蔬菜水果店可以买到的东西)，She also cleans offices and serves in a local newsagent's (她还在办公室做清洁工作，还在当地的一家书报亭卖报)。这种所有格后不接名词的结构还可以用在hairdresser, dentist 等表示提供某种服务的人或行业的名词后面指代某种店铺：Three or four times a week they'll go to the hairdresser's (他们一星期去三四次美发店)，It's worse than being at the dentist's (这比去看牙医还要糟糕)。