Re: <a/an> and <the>

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From: Richard_G_Sobocinski%~WHC207
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 23:47

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PeterAdams
AdamsBalt@aol.com wrote:
I suppose there is more activity in an English hospital than an American.
This would account for the English construction in (7):

(7) I am going to hospital.

Does this make sense?
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         No.

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From: Richard_G_Sobocinski%~WHC207@gate.pnl.gov
Subject: Re: <a/an> and <the>
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