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Magda Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Hospital

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00I've been taught that when "hospital" is treated as a place where one receives medical treatment (as opposed to e.g. a workplace), the definite article goes with it.02br
00Could you tell me if it is always like that? I've just seen this sentence in my dictionary: 01i00"He's in hospital recovering from an operation" 02i00and I am surprised as there is no "the" and obviously "he" refers to a patient.02br
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g. 12br 10Could you tell me if it is always like that? "02br 02br 00A doctor is in 01b 00the hospital02b 00.

— Yoong Liat

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  • 12br 10Could you tell me if it is always like that?
  • "02br 02br 00A doctor is in 01b 00the hospital02b 00.
  • 02br 02br 00A doctor is 01b 00in hospital02b 00.
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01cite10Magda12cite10Hello,12br
10I've been taught that when "hospital" is treated as a place where one receives medical treatment (as opposed to e.g. a workplace), the definite article goes with it.12br
10Could you tell me if it is always like that? I've just seen this sentence in my dictionary: 11i10"
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0Hello Magda02br
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00In British English, you don't need an article when the focus is on "receiving care", e.g.02br
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001. He's in hospital.02br
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002. He was taken to hospital after the accident.02br
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003. He went into hospital on Monday morning and never came out again.02br
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0I see. Thanks you both 05000 .02br
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00Have a good evening.010id1
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0 What about school or university? Does the same rule apply here?0-
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0 Yes, as you can see from the NYT, AmE is different here, 01b00the02b00 is req'd: 02br
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0500240hrefhttp://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=%22he%27s+in+the+hospital%22+&srchst=nyt
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0 Try a search/find for 01i00hospital, university02i00, etc, on this page:02br
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00 American and British English differences02br
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0 Thanks, Marius for the link. It is very useful.02br
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01cite10Magda12cite10What about school or university? Does the same rule apply here?12br
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10He went to school. 02br
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00He went to church. 02br
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00He went to university.02br
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00What I said in the earlier post applie
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0Thanks, Yoong Liat 05000 You are always a great help.010id1
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01cite10Magda12cite10Thanks, Yoong Liat 15010 You are always a great help.12br
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10You're welcome.010id1
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