Sunday, June 29, 2008

go to the hospital vs go to hospital

In American English, people put "the" before "hospital" as in "go to the hospital" and "in the hospital." In British English, "go to hospital" and "in hospital."

My coworker, a British English teacher, told me that there aren't many hospitals in the UK and that is why they don't put "the."

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