On 7/6/2011 4:52 PM, Randy Johnson wrote:
> On 5-Jul-2011, Chemo the > wrote:
>
>> Why do people say just husband or daughter or son and not use the word
>> "my" before? You wouldn't say, I can't get dog to lie down or I lost
>> cat the other day.
>
> Why do the English say "in hospital" and USonians say "in the hospital"?
>
Do they? I think I use either randomly.

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