"I need to go the hospital" to pick up some medication or have a test, "I need to go to hospital" to stay and be looked after. As others have said, it's like "go to school", "go to church", "go to prison" - you're referencing the institution and its function, not the building. In a similar vein, one thing I have noted is Americans don't differentiate between "in future" (from now on, different from before) and "in the future" (at some time to come) like we do.
Ok, so there are two meanings to "hospital" there is "the hospital" which is the building, and there is just "hospital" which is the function that goes on inside the building. So I suppose you could say that you're going to hospital at the hospital. So it kind of makes sense then. "The" monday as a full sentence would be the momday of the week in question, so if I said "I'm going on monday" you'd assume next monday, but if I was talking about the first week of next month then I might say "the" monday, as in, the monday of the week we are talking about. But I agree, it's a bit odd!!
A few years ago I broke my right shinbone when I rolled my disability scooter while out in the hills and being me, I ignored the slight pain, had a large number of pots of tea over the next week and a friend told me to report sick - which I did and found it was broken - 2 screws and it is fixed. Tea allowed me to relax and the pain receded.
To be truly British, you have to master the art of apologising to inanimate objects you accidentally bump into. So far today, I've apologised to the wardrobe, a coffee table, the sofa in my living room, and two kitchen cupboards lol
It will be delivered on Monday= It will be delivered this coming Monday. It will be on the Monday= It will be delivered on the Monday of whatever week is being discussed as opposed to any other day that week (not necessarily the coming week). Incidentally the difference between "in hospital" or "in the hospital" surely is about the use of the definite article, not the preposition .
One of my pet hates is when a TV continuity announcer says something like, "Wolf Hall starts Sunday at 9 o'clock." Sunday never starts at 9 o'clock due to a television programme called 'Wolf Hall'! Prepositions are important.
I have never understood why Americans say "the hospital" as it implies that there is only one hospital. It is a bit like saying "I'm going to see the person". I think the snow anxiety thing is because Britain is so hopeless at clearing roads. I live in a very rural part of Croatia on a narrow lane but even my road gets ploughed within 4 hours or so of any significant fall of snow. Snow is not accepted as an excuse for not getting to work but the infrastructure is in place to ensure that you can get there.
Being dressed up doesn’t mean fancy dress. And fancy dress doesn’t mean dressed up. “Dressed up” means putting on your best outfit for a night out or dressed as a guest going to a wedding etc. Fancy dress means putting on a fancy dress costume such as clown’s clothes, a Cinderella or story book dress, a tramp’s outfit, a chimney sweep or a scooby doo costume etc.
I think the freakout about snow is weird and I'm British. A lot of us think it is. But people from Scotland or the North do think Southerners are ridiculous. I've driven to work in snow quite often, and often people haven't turned up. It's hilarious because their side road will be snowy, but all the main roads tend to be fine. However one of the issues is that the South isn't set up for snow, and so roads aren't gritted properly unless it's a main road, it makes sense from that POV.
I go to hospital mainly weekly, but I _never_ say "I'm going hospital" nor have I ever heard anyone else say it. I do say "Britain" however _because it has a 't' in the middle of it_ not like _you_ who I have heard say on every occasion: "Bri'_'ain" ... Which I find is _REALLY_ _bloody_ _ANNOYING_ ...just saying!
Correct. The gulf stream that brings warmer water from the Carribbean to the north Atlantic. The reason the UK has a mild climate despite being in the same latitude as Winnipeg and is the reason we can grow grapes and produce wine in the SW.
You're confusing articles with prepositions. But think on, do you go to school or to the school? Same for college, uni, prison, synagogue, temple, work. We drop the definite article if we are receiving the service offered by, or are in some way part of the institution, eg. as a patient, but not for some other purpose, eg. deliver to the hospital. It doesn't apply to all such cases though, but when you start listing them, there are lots of times we do this. British English speakers just have a few more cases. Now, regarding prepositions, I shall just refer to the American use of 'on accident'.
I think if someone says they are going to deliver something they would likely specify which hospital: "I need to deliver a consignment of rubber gloves to Barts hospital".
Worm charming exists in the USA as well. There is a competition is Sopchoppy, Flordia, a place that does actually exist. Britain also has martial arts competitions such as Cornish wrestling, shin kicking and gut barging, where fat people just charge at each other. I'm surprised that the USA hasn't adopted this sport as well.
u have it in wen u need to specify, and out wen u dont. 'hospital' u dont need t know wich. 'the hospital' invites a question, what hospital. ur specifying without specifying. but 'the monday' normally is part of a specifying sentence.
Hi your number one is definitely me😂 the travelling distances also me😂 my brother lives 3 hours away. It’s a weekend trip etc for us if we go down there. Three hours is a bloody mission! Thirty minutes is about the time I start complaining & moaning 😂 Same as going abroad I hate long haul journeys. Even though Ive done it many times I just hate long haul journeys even though I have done long haul many times. Dressing up …. Yep done this also. Even if I don’t go all the way sometimes for example this time of year. Nights out with the girls definitely a bit of tinsel shimmering on most of the girls necks or hair 😂 The apologising I suppose is people just being polite. For example if someone knocks into me accidentally I would say sorry first. If the person who knocks into you doesn’t say sorry I’d usually say The word your looking for is sorry 😂 definitely a passive aggressive thing 🤷♀️🤦♀️ as for tea curing all things it’s true 😂 nothing better sitting g down having a cuppa taking a breather to look at things in a different way. As for the prepositions it’s only in message like texts etc I’d put On way to hospital. I wouldn’t verbally say that I’d say I’m on the way to the hospital. Yep we are a very Quirky nation 😂don’t try to tho k about it too hard! Just sit down have a cuppa & alm will be right with the world ❤
People don't really dress up to go to the football. Stag do's. big nights out ie birthdays. Blackpool. The darts. Test match cricket. Horse racing. Yes to all them. It's a good way not to get lost amongst the crowd
u never know if it will snow a tiny bit or drop enuf t close all country roads and buses struggle t get up hills ect. so ye we dont bother risking it wen a snow day means all bases covered every1 is safe reset in a day if its nothing,
I hate the idea of fancy dress/ dressing up !! We "panic" when it snows because our councils etc are never geared up for it and everything seems to grind to a stop !! What about the fact that YOU say " GOTTEN used to it " rather than " GOT used to it" !? They are NOT competitions....they are SPORTS !! Who is saying " THE Monday" !? Not me !! You say "DECEMBER 25TH". We say "THE 25TH OF DECEMBER".
It habitually snows up north and can easily be 6 inches or more. Life goes on. 1mm in London however, and it's a national catastrophe and everything stops. Edit: We invent daft competitions cos we're generally no good at mainstream ones (sports for example). Regarding sarcasm. This government is undoubtable the greatest most glorious government there's ever been anywhere on the face pf the planet. I am of course. obliged to say that in order to avoid incarceration. What's the point of "off of"? 'Of' is perfectly sufficient. Bye! is most concise.
Most of the time when British people say sorry they are not apologising, depending on the tone it can mean:- No Move Go away I am not at all sorry I don't understand what you are saying Please repeat that Don't you dare repeat than I don't believe you You are annoying me Speak up I can hear you Where I live saying "al rite sorry" is the equivalent of the American " hi dude" So be aware you may hear the British say sorry alot but most of the time we will saying what you first think
"I need to go the hospital" to pick up some medication or have a test, "I need to go to hospital" to stay and be looked after. As others have said, it's like "go to school", "go to church", "go to prison" - you're referencing the institution and its function, not the building. In a similar vein, one thing I have noted is Americans don't differentiate between "in future" (from now on, different from before) and "in the future" (at some time to come) like we do.
'I need to go the hospital' is still American, not good English.
Ok, so there are two meanings to "hospital" there is "the hospital" which is the building, and there is just "hospital" which is the function that goes on inside the building. So I suppose you could say that you're going to hospital at the hospital. So it kind of makes sense then. "The" monday as a full sentence would be the momday of the week in question, so if I said "I'm going on monday" you'd assume next monday, but if I was talking about the first week of next month then I might say "the" monday, as in, the monday of the week we are talking about.
But I agree, it's a bit odd!!
A few years ago I broke my right shinbone when I rolled my disability scooter while out in the hills and being me, I ignored the slight pain, had a large number of pots of tea over the next week and a friend told me to report sick - which I did and found it was broken - 2 screws and it is fixed. Tea allowed me to relax and the pain receded.
To be truly British, you have to master the art of apologising to inanimate objects you accidentally bump into. So far today, I've apologised to the wardrobe, a coffee table, the sofa in my living room, and two kitchen cupboards lol
It will be delivered on Monday= It will be delivered this coming Monday. It will be on the Monday= It will be delivered on the Monday of whatever week is being discussed as opposed to any other day that week (not necessarily the coming week). Incidentally the difference between "in hospital" or "in the hospital" surely is about the use of the definite article, not the preposition .
Several years ago there were alot of Fancy Dress shops any Party or night out usually had Batman. Superman or Freddie Stars Hiter complete with Wellys
Best place to see dressing up is a cricket test match, there are no limits there.
One of my pet hates is when a TV continuity announcer says something like, "Wolf Hall starts Sunday at 9 o'clock." Sunday never starts at 9 o'clock due to a television programme called 'Wolf Hall'! Prepositions are important.
I have never understood why Americans say "the hospital" as it implies that there is only one hospital. It is a bit like saying "I'm going to see the person". I think the snow anxiety thing is because Britain is so hopeless at clearing roads. I live in a very rural part of Croatia on a narrow lane but even my road gets ploughed within 4 hours or so of any significant fall of snow. Snow is not accepted as an excuse for not getting to work but the infrastructure is in place to ensure that you can get there.
Yes it's this, there are no ploughs for the smaller roads.
Being dressed up doesn’t mean fancy dress. And fancy dress doesn’t mean dressed up. “Dressed up” means putting on your best outfit for a night out or dressed as a guest going to a wedding etc. Fancy dress means putting on a fancy dress costume such as clown’s clothes, a Cinderella or story book dress, a tramp’s outfit, a chimney sweep or a scooby doo costume etc.
Yes, dressed up means smartly dressed. Smart means being smartly dressed, not intelligent.
No. 8 it's funny because the country comes to a standstill because it's snowing on a hill somewhere 🤨 lol
We would say the parcel is coming on Monday, or it will come on the Monday after Christmas. The Monday needs a related time point mentioned.
Let’s circle back to number 1 in a few years. I bet you have converted! Haha
I think the freakout about snow is weird and I'm British. A lot of us think it is. But people from Scotland or the North do think Southerners are ridiculous.
I've driven to work in snow quite often, and often people haven't turned up. It's hilarious because their side road will be snowy, but all the main roads tend to be fine.
However one of the issues is that the South isn't set up for snow, and so roads aren't gritted properly unless it's a main road, it makes sense from that POV.
in usa the idea is to win a competition, in uk the competitions an excuse to play the game.
if uve never wangled worms u shud !
great fun w kids
I go to hospital mainly weekly, but I _never_ say "I'm going hospital" nor have I ever heard anyone else say it.
I do say "Britain" however _because it has a 't' in the middle of it_ not like _you_ who I have heard say on every occasion:
"Bri'_'ain" ...
Which I find is
_REALLY_ _bloody_ _ANNOYING_
...just saying!
Fairly accurate
Tend to disagree about the 30 minute thing...I think that is a very short journey
British here, it drives me bonkers when people take ages to say goodbye but I am autistic and think that might be the reason 😂
The warmest part of the mainland UK is the far south _west_ , not the southeast. Subtropical plants grow in parts of Devon and Cornwall.
Correct. The gulf stream that brings warmer water from the Carribbean to the north Atlantic. The reason the UK has a mild climate despite being in the same latitude as Winnipeg and is the reason we can grow grapes and produce wine in the SW.
Sub tropical plants grow in NW Scotland for exactly the same reason - the Gulf Stream.
The Local Government Act 1972 outlawed sarcasm everywhere within the confines of the United Kingdom so sarcasm is non-existent in the UK.
You're confusing articles with prepositions. But think on, do you go to school or to the school? Same for college, uni, prison, synagogue, temple, work. We drop the definite article if we are receiving the service offered by, or are in some way part of the institution, eg. as a patient, but not for some other purpose, eg. deliver to the hospital. It doesn't apply to all such cases though, but when you start listing them, there are lots of times we do this. British English speakers just have a few more cases.
Now, regarding prepositions, I shall just refer to the American use of 'on accident'.
A lot of Americans - a hell of a lot of Americans - go to church. They don't go to "the church". But they find it odd that we go to hospital.
@@AndrewBroadhead-kb7oc Maybe it's down to what you can afford.
I think if someone says they are going to deliver something they would likely specify which hospital: "I need to deliver a consignment of rubber gloves to Barts hospital".
Worm charming exists in the USA as well. There is a competition is Sopchoppy, Flordia, a place that does actually exist.
Britain also has martial arts competitions such as Cornish wrestling, shin kicking and gut barging, where fat people just charge at each other. I'm surprised that the USA hasn't adopted this sport as well.
u have it in wen u need to specify, and out wen u dont.
'hospital' u dont need t know wich.
'the hospital' invites a question, what hospital. ur specifying without specifying.
but 'the monday' normally is part of a specifying sentence.
The is not a preposition; it is the definite article.
Hi your number one is definitely me😂 the travelling distances also me😂 my brother lives 3 hours away. It’s a weekend trip etc for us if we go down there. Three hours is a bloody mission! Thirty minutes is about the time I start complaining & moaning 😂 Same as going abroad I hate long haul journeys. Even though Ive done it many times I just hate long haul journeys even though I have done long haul many times. Dressing up …. Yep done this also. Even if I don’t go all the way sometimes for example this time of year. Nights out with the girls definitely a bit of tinsel shimmering on most of the girls necks or hair 😂 The apologising I suppose is people just being polite. For example if someone knocks into me accidentally I would say sorry first. If the person who knocks into you doesn’t say sorry I’d usually say The word your looking for is sorry 😂 definitely a passive aggressive thing 🤷♀️🤦♀️ as for tea curing all things it’s true 😂 nothing better sitting g down having a cuppa taking a breather to look at things in a different way. As for the prepositions it’s only in message like texts etc I’d put On way to hospital. I wouldn’t verbally say that I’d say I’m on the way to the hospital.
Yep we are a very Quirky nation 😂don’t try to tho k about it too hard! Just sit down have a cuppa & alm will be right with the world ❤
People don't really dress up to go to the football. Stag do's. big nights out ie birthdays. Blackpool. The darts. Test match cricket. Horse racing. Yes to all them. It's a good way not to get lost amongst the crowd
u never know if it will snow a tiny bit or drop enuf t close all country roads and buses struggle t get up hills ect. so ye we dont bother risking it wen a snow day means all bases covered every1 is safe reset in a day if its nothing,
dress up for pub night, girls night, town festivals ect. any exuse why wudnt u
I hate the idea of fancy dress/ dressing up !!
We "panic" when it snows because our councils etc are never geared up for it and everything seems to grind to a stop !!
What about the fact that YOU say " GOTTEN used to it " rather than " GOT used to it" !?
They are NOT competitions....they are SPORTS !!
Who is saying " THE Monday" !? Not me !!
You say "DECEMBER 25TH". We say "THE 25TH OF DECEMBER".
Sorry to be pedantic but you are mixing up prepositions and articles
Mostly, nope.
I ❤ you.
It habitually snows up north and can easily be 6 inches or more. Life goes on. 1mm in London however, and it's a national catastrophe and everything stops. Edit: We invent daft competitions cos we're generally no good at mainstream ones (sports for example). Regarding sarcasm. This government is undoubtable the greatest most glorious government there's ever been anywhere on the face pf the planet. I am of course. obliged to say that in order to avoid incarceration. What's the point of "off of"? 'Of' is perfectly sufficient. Bye! is most concise.
Most of the time when British people say sorry they are not apologising, depending on the tone it can mean:-
No
Move
Go away
I am not at all sorry
I don't understand what you are saying
Please repeat that
Don't you dare repeat than
I don't believe you
You are annoying me
Speak up I can hear you
Where I live saying "al rite sorry" is the equivalent of the American " hi dude"
So be aware you may hear the British say sorry alot but most of the time we will saying what you first think