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Hey, I've noticed an interesting (to me at least) difference in the use of articles between British English (BE) and American English (AE). The one I keep hearing (as a result of listing to BBC World News) is the BE "in hospital" as opposed to the AE "in the hospital." I think a similar situation occurs for holiday, as in "on holiday," and university "at university." (not sure on the university one)
I realize that AE does the same sort of thing but for different words: on vacation, in college. I was just wondering if you all have heard other examples of this and whether any one out there knows what the "rule" for dropping the article in either language is.
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