Use of preposition "the"

[nq:1]Which one, do you think, is the correct statement (grammatically) 1) I have to go to the court tomorrow. 2) I have to go to court tomorrow.[/nq]
Interesting, not-oft-brought-up example of a more general phenomenon. Both are grammatical. The difference between "court" and "the court" is analogous to the difference betwen "school" and "the school", "church" and "the church", "college" and

[nq:1]Interesting, not-oft-brought-up example of a more general phenomenon. Both are grammatical. The difference between "court" and "the court" is analogous ... sentence would be likely for that usage, but you can say, say, "I have appear before the court tomorrow". [/nq]
I can't think of any possible usage of "I have to go to the court tomorrow" in AmE unless you are using "court" in its for

[nq:1]one wouldn't say: I have to go to hospital tomorrow.[/nq]
Speak for yourself - sounds fine to me. "go to hospital" googles @ 27300, so it's not just me.

[nq:2]one wouldn't say: I have to go to hospital tomorrow.[/nq]
[nq:1]Speak for yourself - sounds fine to me. "go to hospital" googles @27300, so it's not just me.[/nq]
When you do your brilliantly-executed Google searches you should actually pay attention to what it's retrieving. The first page alone is virtually all abbreviated, headline-type entries which have had the articles removed.

What makes you think that Dylan would be speaking American English?

Fran

[nq:2]27300, When you do your brilliantly-executed Google searches you should ... You would sound like a foreigner talking in broken English.[/nq]
[nq:1]What makes you think that Dylan would be speaking American English?[/nq]
Let's also remember that one speaker of a variety of American English, Tony Cooper of Orlando, would say "I have to go to hospital tomorrow" (or maybe "I've to go to

[nq:2]When you do your brilliantly-executed Google searches you shouldactually pay ... tomorrow". Youwould sound like a foreigner talking in broken English.[/nq]
[nq:1]What makes you think that Dylan would be speaking American English?[/nq]
Must be the hotmail address - only americans use hotmail, surely. The 'aus' before the @ symbol obviously didn't catch his attention.

Anyway,

Paying attention is always good. However, you should also realize that Google searches around the world do not return identical results. The "first page" on mine looks just fine, beginning:
Mothercare - ... When to Go to Hospital - Labour. When to Go to Hospital - Labour. Going from being pregnant to being in labour can be an exciting ... www.mothercare.com/stry/whentogotohospitallabour - 40k

[nq:1]Must be the hotmail address - only americans use hotmail, surely. The 'aus' before the @ symbol obviously didn't catch ... using that expression, hence his belief that no-one uses it, but he should be extremely careful making such an assumption.[/nq]
Well, yes, I suppose you're really asking for it, any time you use words like "never" or "always". I am an eleventh-generation American and

[nq:1]Which one, do you think, is the correct statement (grammatically) 1) I have to go to the court tomorrow. 2) I have to go to court tomorrow.[/nq]
Both. btw, "the" is not a preposition.
Adrian