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Trivia Which is correct: "driver license", "driver's license", or "drivers license"?

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In the US, as we've always seen it, “driver’s license”.
It’s a licence for a single driver, so the singular possessive, “driver’s”, is used.

In the UK, they don’t use any of those terms. They use “driving licence”.
Only the verb is spelled “license” – the noun is “licence”.
As for “driver’s” versus “driving” it’s just a difference of convention.
Essentially, they treat it as being a licence to drive, rather than a licence for a driver.
 
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“Driver’s license” is the proper term, as is pilot’s license, and so on. You have to take a test.

A “driving license (UK- licence) ” implies that you do not know how to drive, analogous to a fishing license, for which you do not need to demonstrate that you know how to fish.
 
A “driving license (UK- licence) ” implies that you do not know how to drive, analogous to a fishing license, for which you do not need to demonstrate that you know how to fish.
so di pala marunong mag drive yung mga drivers dun sa UK boss?
 

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