Seeing your doctor again
As we call or visit a doctor's office, the doctor's assistant may ask:
1) Have you ever been here before?
or
2) Is your kid an established patient?
It is easy to understand 1). But 2) is a typical English expression, completely different from the Chinese way to express the same idea.
As you visit a doctor, don't say you are an old patient. However, you may say "I have ever been here", or "I am an established patient".
If you say you are an old patient, that means you are not a young patient. So don't say that.
As we call or visit a doctor's office, the doctor's assistant may ask:
1) Have you ever been here before?
or
2) Is your kid an established patient?
It is easy to understand 1). But 2) is a typical English expression, completely different from the Chinese way to express the same idea.
As you visit a doctor, don't say you are an old patient. However, you may say "I have ever been here", or "I am an established patient".
If you say you are an old patient, that means you are not a young patient. So don't say that.