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smirkymonkey

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9. That sounds really strange to my ears.

Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:13 PM

Jun 2020

Another thing that is different between British and American English speakers is that they will say somebody is "in hospital", whereas we say somebody is "in the hospital".

I was thinking about those little peculiarities and how inconsistent they can be in our language, since we will say someone is "in school" or "at home", not "in the school" or "at the home".

It's just kind of interesting how language develops like that.

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I have a question about the difference between Amer. and British language [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 OP

The Senate is a singular entity, so it IS. elleng Jun 2020 #1

Senate is a collective noun frazzled Jun 2020 #2

Not to be pedantic, but... jls4561 Jun 2020 #3

"The Senate is" implies they are acting like a unified body Warpy Jun 2020 #4

In US usage we use singular when the group is acting as a unit, but plural if tblue37 Jun 2020 #5

OK, I get that. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 #7

It has been interesting to hear American soccer commentators... 3catwoman3 Jun 2020 #6

didn't know that....interesting. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 #8

That sounds really strange to my ears. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #9

Or, "went to college" sounds normal, whereas... 3catwoman3 Jun 2020 #10

Yes, that's another one that I have noticed! smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #11

And cookies are... 3catwoman3 Jun 2020 #12