Can I say this?
Hello teachers. I would very much like your help. A man is talking to a female friend telling her that he's visiting his father, who is hospitalized, once a week.
"...so I pay the hospital a visit once a week. Not that he deserves it, but my wife was afraid that I'd regret it if I didn't go, so I do it for her, and him. The doctor has only given him a few months, so he's not going to last for much longer."
Is it ok to say "pay the hospital a visit" instead of "pay my father a visit at the hospital" as I feel that would work better because it sounds more nonchalant and impersonal?
Top answer
You pay someone a visit. You don't pay a place a visit. But the most natural thing to say is eg I visit him (in the hospital) once a week.
- You pay someone a visit.
- You don't pay a place a visit.
- But the most natural thing to say is eg I visit him (in the hospital) once a week.
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You pay someone a visit. You don't pay a place a visit.
But the most natural thing to say is eg I visit him (in the hospital) once a week.
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