Haste and hurry
Hello everyone,
Is either "haste" or "hurry" OK in the following sentence?
- They took the patient in haste/ in a hurry to hospital.
Regards,
JA
Top answer
"haste" sounds too formal to my ear, though it's not wrong. At least where I live, you will almost never hear "in haste" in a conversation. That said, there is still a problem with They took the patient in a hurry to hospital.
- "haste" sounds too formal to my ear, though it's not wrong.
- At least where I live, you will almost never hear "in haste" in a conversation.
- That said, there is still a problem with They took the patient in a hurry to hospital.
- We know what it means, but technically, it can be misinterpreted thus: They took [ the patient who was in a hurry ] to hospital.
- I would change it thus: They hurriedly took the patient to hospital.
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"haste" sounds too formal to my ear, though it's not wrong.
At least where I live, you will almost never hear "in haste" in a conversation.
That said, there is still a problem with
They took the patient in a hurry to hospital.
We know what it means, but technically, it can be misinterpreted thus:
They took [ the patient who was in a hurry ] to hospital.
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