Stuck in the Hospital

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by kazbates

It's so funny that you brought this up because it's something that I've been questioning for quite some time. I had decided that the difference, at least for me, would be that to "go to hospital" meant that you were actually going to be admitted to the hospital for some type of procedure while "going to the hospital" meant more of a visitation of someone in the hospital.

Yes, that's precisely the British usage. To "go to hospital" only ever means to go there for treatment.

Personally, I like it. I think language would be very boring if we all used it exactly the same way.

I find these things absolutely fascinating . It's one of the things I enjoy most about the international membership we have here on MR - it gives us all so much opportunity to learn about how the rest of the world "works".