Random thoughts

[Mudcat]

I wonder if that is correct english, saying, "I was in hospital."

I would always say, "I was in the/a hospital."

It just seems right to me that there would be some kind of article there - however I have heard it expressed without the article so many times - often by very credible people - that I wonder if I have got it wrong.

I consider myself well above average in my knowledge of english. I realize I do many grammatically/syntactically incorrect flourishes on the forum - but it is almost always knowingly and for some effect.


But that one - in hospital ----> maybe I got it wrong.

 

[Teela]

It could be like, "I drive truck." It seems to be more common than, "I drive a truck."

 

[Matty]

It could be like, "I drive truck." It seems to be more common than, "I drive a truck."

"in/at hospital" is used nonspecifically, to indicate that one is sick or injured. "in the/at the hospital" would normally be used to refer (implicitly) to a specific hospital.

 

[bacon]

teela we need to know u r ok

please check in when u r ok

 

[roguejuror]

teela we need to know u r ok

please check in when u r ok

we won't eat your baby

 

[MrX]

Just to be safe, keep an eye on kato.

 

[Mudcat]

Well I could make a very long-winded case based on the formal rules of grammar that it should either be "in the hospital" - or else many other situations should be handled differently than they commonly are for consistency sake - but English is full of inexplicable random exceptions all over the place. So as much as we all love long-winded discussions of the formal rules of grammar, I believe I will just go with it.



Meanwhile today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Also my brother's birthday.

Coincidence? I don't see how it could be.

 

[MrX]

I hear this the most with "in university" and "at university". I blame the British.

 

[MrX]

Meanwhile today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Also my brother's birthday.

Coincidence? I don't see how it could be.

Play us some Gordon Lightfoot.

 

[Mudcat]

I'm going to attempt some sewing today. That doesn't happen every day.

One of the external pockets of the cargo pants I wear for work has started to peel down. If nothing is done about it, it will continue until it is dangling every which way. Well I have obtained a needle and thread and I am going to attempt to repair it.


Pray for me.

Well okay. I sort of assumed I would know how to do that but I don't at all.

Mission fail.


MOM!!!!

 

[MrX]

Wait a minute. I refuse to believe that Mudcat can't figure out hand-sewing.

 

[Mudcat]

Complete fail. I ain't lyin'.

 

[MrX]

We finally found your Achilles heel.

 

[MrX]

Gonna be a hard one to exploit.

 

[Mudcat]

I think I might have been alright with a more accessible location and a thinner, softer material. I think I understand the over-riding principles.

Then again maybe that is just a load of shit because frankly what we just witnessed here was a bloodbath.

 

[Teela]

teela we need to know u r ok

please check in when u r ok

I'm ok. I'll start posting more since things have slowed down a bit.

 

[Tron]

Check out the LSU football fan doing the T-Rex during Bama game on Deadspin. It's pretty funny.

 

[IAG]

Sewing is the worst. In junior high we were required to take either home ec or shop class. In hindsight I think I should have taken shop. I remember we had to make a duffle bag. Attempting to sew those round pieces on either end was frustrating to no end. My mother, who was an excellent seamstress to my detriment (she made a lot of my early clothing) finally finished it for me I believe.

I feel for ya MC