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Jun 16, 2009 | 7:58 am
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Jun 16, 2009 | 8:05 am
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Jun 16, 2009 | 8:13 am
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In the UK people go to hospital, just as people in the US go to college. However, AFAIK, one does not say "Hospital first opened in [some year]." One says "The first hospital opened..." or "The first example of a hospital...", etc.
Jun 16, 2009 | 10:25 am
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I'm making light of the uncountable nature of the noun.
In the UK people go to hospital, just as people in the US go to college. However, AFAIK, one does not say "Hospital first opened in [some year]." One says "The first hospital opened..." or "The first example of a hospital...", etc.
In the UK people go to hospital, just as people in the US go to college. However, AFAIK, one does not say "Hospital first opened in [some year]." One says "The first hospital opened..." or "The first example of a hospital...", etc.
Jun 16, 2009 | 11:46 am
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