Re: use of "the" I don't immediately feel any difference between using the with the seasons, or omitting it, but I'll think some more about it
I can tell you that when we use the with school, hospital, church, prison, university or college, we are referring to the place/building. We do not use the when we refer to participating in the activity/process of that place. He goes to the school every day to deliver milk. The governor inspected the prison. She goes to school in New Jersey. (She's a student.) He was in prison for two years. (He was a prisoner.)
Unlike British English, In American English we use [i]the[i] in both cases for the word hospital.
Last edited by AELC; 23-May-2006 at 04:55.
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