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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Hospital
Rainier suffered several bouts of bronchitis and had several operations in recent years.
He was taken to hospital on 7 March with a lung infection, and moved into intensive care on 22 March.
Rainier's reign made headlines in 1956, when he married the US Hollywood star Grace Kelly, who brought a new glamour to Monaco.
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He is in hospital. We don't say he is in the hospital. As the person concerned is staying or visiting as a patient, we are used to saying that he is in hospital.
If the person has gone there to meet a patient or person working, we could say he is in the hospital.
If you get sick, you could go to a hospital. There are many hospitals and you could go to one of your choice. So it would be correct to say ' You could go to a hospital as you are badly ill'.
In the above, Rainer was taken to hospital. As he had the possibility to go to any hospital, it should be 'he was taken to a hospital'.
Your thoughts, please.
He was taken to hospital on 7 March with a lung infection, and moved into intensive care on 22 March.
Rainier's reign made headlines in 1956, when he married the US Hollywood star Grace Kelly, who brought a new glamour to Monaco.
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He is in hospital. We don't say he is in the hospital. As the person concerned is staying or visiting as a patient, we are used to saying that he is in hospital.
If the person has gone there to meet a patient or person working, we could say he is in the hospital.
If you get sick, you could go to a hospital. There are many hospitals and you could go to one of your choice. So it would be correct to say ' You could go to a hospital as you are badly ill'.
In the above, Rainer was taken to hospital. As he had the possibility to go to any hospital, it should be 'he was taken to a hospital'.
Your thoughts, please.
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, you go to a hospital or the hospital, not just hospital. After you go there, you are in the hospital (if you are a patient) or at the hospital (if you are a visitor). K.
- , you go to a hospital or the hospital, not just hospital.
- After you go there, you are in the hospital (if you are a patient) or at the hospital (if you are a visitor).
- K.
- Have you all noticed that once you start typing a perfectly ordinary word, like "hospital," several times in the same sentence it starts to look and sound really strange?!?
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In the U.S., you go to a hospital or the hospital, not just hospital. After you go there, you are in the hospital (if you are a patient) or at the hospital (if you are a visitor). I know the usage is different in the U.K.
Have you all noticed that once you start typing a perfectly ordinary word, like "hospital," several times in the same sentence it starts to look and sound really str
Have you all noticed that once you start typing a perfectly ordinary word, like "hospital," several times in the same sentence it starts to look and sound really str
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I think when you are sick or injured, you go to hospital. (no article, when you are being treated)
The people who go to see you go to the hospital. (with def article when you're not there because of your health)
The people who go to see you go to the hospital. (with def article when you're not there because of your health)
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