On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 01:05:52 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
> wrote:

> I do not think so: in love, in transit, in school... "at work" are words
> that represent an action. Like " in jail" where "in the county jail" the
> first sounds like an action, where the later sounds like "inside a place".
> The word "hospital" is a noun, a place that does not represent an action,
> not a verb, So therefore "in my book", "in the hospital" is the correct
> usage of the phrase. "in hospital" just does not sound right and possibly
> to ovoid the antonym of "inhospitable".

They also refer to a corporation as a plural instead of a singular. I
like the differences in language because it's easy to spot they are
British without needing to ask.

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