Talk:hospital

an hospital
Spoken by Fulton Co poll worker, Jan 6 hearings today. Geographyinitiative (talk) 19:13, 21 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I had a vague sense that Americans can turn any "a /h/" into "an '" (err, you know what I mean). Certainly "an erb" (herb) rubs me the wrong way. Maybe I've been wrong all these years, quite possible. Equinox ◑ 20:32, 21 June 2022 (UTC)


 * It is difficult for me to say 'a herb' aloud; it also sounds absurd to my ear when I say it. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:23, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Usage note: the hospital
When a school, prison, jail, court, and church are being referred to as an institution (vs. a particular building), you do not need to use the: When do the children finish school? I’ll meet you outside the court. In BrE, hospital works the same way, but in AmE the article is required: I had to go to the hospital. She spent two weeks in the hospital. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hospital?q=hospital JMGN (talk) 16:20, 7 July 2024 (UTC)