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The/a mental hospital - AE
In AE one can end up in THE hospital, but does the same rule apply when that regards 'mental/psychiatric hospital'? End up in 'the/a' mental hospital?
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End up in a mental hospital.
- End up in a mental hospital.
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In the US you'd say:
"If you don't eat, you're going to end up in the hospital." (You wouldn't say "a hospital" here.)
"If you keep behaving like this, you're going to end up in a mental hospital." ("The mental hospital" is not used. The term, "psychiatric hospital," is too technical-sounding and is not used in colloquial speech.)
But with colloquial terms for mental
"If you don't eat, you're going to end up in the hospital." (You wouldn't say "a hospital" here.)
"If you keep behaving like this, you're going to end up in a mental hospital." ("The mental hospital" is not used. The term, "psychiatric hospital," is too technical-sounding and is not used in colloquial speech.)
But with colloquial terms for mental
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