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From: toby@fritz.UUCP (Toby Gottfried)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Use of THE - US vs Eng
Message-ID: <2491@fritz.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 11:24:06 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 15 11:24:06 1985
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Reply-To: toby@<7200005@hp-pcd.UUCP>.UUCP ( Gottfried)
Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, Ca.
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Summary: 

In article <> btc@hp-pcd.UUCP (Bob Clark) writes:
>... British reprorters will say "Joe Blow was taken to
>hospital". An American would say "Joe Blow was taken to THE hospital" etc.
>Why the difference?  
>
>Someone pointed out that we say "I'm going to church" - no the.  I would
>have assumed that we would use the THE since each of knows that our church
>is THE church :-).
>

Americans also say "go to school".

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Toby Gottfried
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