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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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0would someone please comment on the following:02br
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02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-

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0Hi,02br
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00If you search for 'hospital' using the search box at the top right, you will find a lot of discussion about this.02br
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0Here's the British usage:02br
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00She went to hospital = she went there as a patient, she was hospitalized. We're considering the hospital in its function, more than with reference to the physical building.02br
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00She went to the hospital = she went there to visit somebody, or for some other reason. Here we have a particular hospital in mind.02b
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0i've learned it different.02br
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00we say : "She went to hospital"--when we talk about every other hospital in general.02br
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00we say : "She went to the hospital" --when we know what hospital we're talking about.(it's a specific hospital)0-
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