[AccessD] OT: UK imposes Turks and Caicos rule

I have always wondered about the dropping the "the" in front of hospital in Britain.

He went to Hospital.

Do you do the same with other location nouns?  I went to Hotel, or I went to train station or I went 
to store, or even I went to Doctor?

We do that for school, not sure why there either.

In the US we pretty much always place "the" in front of locations.  I went to the hospital, or I 
went to the doctor.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Martin Reid wrote:
> Actually I had to go to Hospital with my wife while over at Rockys. Outstanding care in a private hospital she received there. No waiting at all. 
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> Martin
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> Here in the USA, a coupe of years ago my wife broke her ankle and dislocated a finger in a trip and fall accident. We have insurance, we went to the local hospital (6 blocks away) and waited hours and hours for treatment. The only prompt service was when a nurse called a fire department to come cut off my wife's ring which was in danger of cutting off the blood supply due to swelling. After that five minute 'operation' is was back to waiting and waiting...
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> Don't talk to me about private medicine. Legalize extortion.
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> Lambert