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Yoong Liat

#280786 Sat, 14 Oct 06 03:47 PM

Is the following sentence correct?

The injured man was sent to hospital.

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Marius Hancu

#280790 Sat, 14 Oct 06 03:53 PM

Yes, like dispatched in an ambulance.
Or,
He was asked to go to the hospital.

Thus, it's open to different interpretations, but correct.

But you should have "sent to a/the hospital".

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Inchoateknowledge

#280792 Sat, 14 Oct 06 04:02 PM

Hi

To my personal knowledge, hospital in the sentence does not require any determiner.
check Swan's PEU 70.

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Yoong Liat

#280796 Sat, 14 Oct 06 04:07 PM

The injured man was sent to hospital.

But you should have "sent to a/the hospital".

In BrE, the article is not needed in the above sentence and similar sentences below.

I went to market with Mother.

The criminal was taken to prison.

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Yoong Liat

#280797 Sat, 14 Oct 06 04:08 PM

Inchoateknowledge wrote:
Hi

To my personal knowledge, hospital in the sentence does not require any determiner.
check Swan's PEU 70.

I agree with you, but in AmE, the article is needed.

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Marius Hancu

#280800 Sat, 14 Oct 06 04:10 PM

Yes, you guys are right on the BrE/AmE difference there.

Marius Hancu