Mary, I do as Richard said but I often add “location” at the end. 

So I will say something like:
“Schedule an appointment for October X at X time; Title is X and location is 
X.”  HTH.

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> On Oct 7, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary,
> There are several ways to do this, but the syntax I have settled on is to say:
> "create an appointment titled Dr. Smith on November first at 10 AM."
> Siri will repeat it and ask if you want it scheduled, say yes and you are 
> done.
> 
> You can add the length of the appointment to by saying create a 90 minute 
> appointment, and so on.
> I hope that helps,
> Richard
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Mary Otten
> Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:30 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: How to make a calendar entry using Siri
> 
> Hi all,
> Occasionally I have tried to use Siri to make a calendar entry. Usually 
> something messes up. I think there is a certain specific syntax you have to 
> use, and then it works. I don't use it often enough to remember that syntax. 
> Can someone please refresh my memory. It would be awfully nice if Siri could 
> become smart enough not to need specific syntax in order to get a simple 
> calendar entry correct. Maybe this has improved in iOS 11??
> 
> 
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