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- From: lange@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Alex Lange)
- Subject: Re: "In hospital" vs. "In the hospital"
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.133941.15199@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 13:39:41 GMT
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- sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience) writes:
- : In article <JAAPJL.92Jul23152543@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov>,
- : jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap) writes:
- : > I strongly agree that it's idiom, and arguing which is `right' is
- : > unfruitful. However, comparing idioms can be very enlightening.
- :
- : Agreed as ...
- :
- Also agreed, but no one in this thread so far has _been_ arguing
- which is right... .
-
- : > at/to work
- :
- : And in work, ie I am employed.
- :
- This would be idiomatically American "I am working."
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- Alex Lange
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