A new building was constructed "to the south of" the hospital.

[Mehrgan]

Hello,

I was wondering if the following phrases would be correct and natural in the sentence given above.

...to the south of the hospital.
...south of the hospital.
...in the south of the hospital. (Which I think might suggest the new building is put up in the area belonging to the hospital (not the building).

Thanks.

 

[Tarheel]

The original sentence is perfectly good. One of the alternatives works too.

 

[Skrej]

The third one doesn't work for me - the problem is with 'in'.

 

[Tarheel]

That saves Mehrgan some work.

 

[tedmc]

You could omit the "to the".

 

[Mehrgan]

That saves Mehrgan some work.

Thanks. For some reasons I don't remember, I used to think using "to the south of..." would work best for a large area, or when talking about regional areas, like neighbourhoods, or cities etc. with "south of ..." being more suitable for buildings. I now believe this may sound weird or irrelevant?!

 

[Tarheel]

It's the third one that doesn't work. Your "to the south of" sentence works fine.