To bed/to the bed

0is there any difference between02br
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00If you go to bed, you intend to go to sleep. So, if you say, "I'm going to bed", it means you are going to sleep on the bed.02br
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00If you go to the bed, it does not mean you want to go to sleep. You go to the bed not to go to slee

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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10is there any difference between12br
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10If you go to bed, you intend to go to sleep. So, if you say, "I'm going to bed", it means you are going to sleep on the bed.12br
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10If you go to th

0If a lawyer goes to prison, he or she is a prisoner.02br
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00If a lawyer goes to the prison, he or she is not a prisoner. He is going there to see a client or for any other purpose.02br
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00This applies to 'go to bed' and 'go to the bed'.02br
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00Here I'm talking about BrE usage. I believe the questioner is confused by this us

0If a lawyer goes to the prison, he or she is not a prisoner. He is going there to see a client or for any other purpose.02br
00 I heard that in AmE, it would be fine to say he is in the prison to say the person in question spends time inside the prison premises as a prisoner.0-

0In the U.S., if someone is a prisoner, he is "in prison." You could say "He is in the prison near Albany," to specify which prison. 02br
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00But if you say "He is in the prison" (without being specific about which one) it implies that he is visiting for some reason, not a prisoner.02br
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00This is in contrast to "He is in the hospital." In the UK, s

0Barbara wrote: "In the UK, someone who is admitted as a patient is, I believe, in hospital, but in the U.S., he is "in the hospital." Someone who is visiting is 'at the hospital' "02br
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00In the UK, someone who is admitted as a patient is, I believe, in hospital. 01b00I use BrE and this is what I've02b00 01b00been taught.02b02

0 In/at the hospital are both ok in Brit English for visitors. I would think that 'at' is slightly more common. 0-

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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11b10In BrE, we say the visitor is 'in the hospital' when he or she is with the patient. In AmE, is 'in the hospital' also correct?12b12br
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10There may be variations regionally, but if I hear "in the hospital," I assume the person is the patient.

0 The zero article is used when we talk about institutions such as hospital, university, prison, school, college, or church being used for their intended purpose. We talk about 01b00bed02b00 the same way.02br
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00I feel sleepy. I better go to bed.02br
00Where is my money? Last night I put my tooth on the bed under my pillow. The tooth fai

0Selecter wrote: "I feel sleepy. 01b00I better02b00 go to bed."02br
00"I go to school 01b00everyday02b00."02br
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00IMO, it should be "I 01b00had better02b00 go to bed."02br
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00IMO, it should be "I go to school 01b00every day02b00." 02br
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