Difference between....

[vihalkumar]

Difference between..

He was admitted in hospital.

He has been admitted in hospital.

I know first sentence is past tense and another one is past participle. But anyone can explain in another conveying way.

 

[Roman55]

I would say 'to hospital' in both sentences.

'He was admitted to hospital' = at some point in the past.

'He has been admitted to hospital' = he is still there.

 

[Matthew Wai]

another one is past participle.

It is the present perfect, which 'is used when an action that happened in the past continues to have a strong connection in the present.'── quoted fromhttp://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/presperf.htm

 

[Rover_KE]

What is the diifference between the following sentences?

He was admitted to hospital.

He has been admitted to hospital.

I know the first sentence is in the past tense and [STRIKE]another[/STRIKE] the other one is [STRIKE]past participle[/STRIKE] in the present perfect. [STRIKE]But[/STRIKE] Can anyone [STRIKE]can[/STRIKE] explain [STRIKE]in another conveying way.[/STRIKE] the difference, please?

Please note my amendments to your post, especially the correct way to ask your question.

A better title would have been He was admitted/He has been admitted.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

Rover

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[bubbha]

This brings up an interesting difference between British and American English:

Where Brits say "to hospital" and "in hospital", Americans say "to the hospital" and "in the hospital".

 

[Matthew Wai]

'He was admitted to hospital' = at some point in the past.


'He has been admitted to hospital' = he is still there.

I think the present perfect here refers to a point in the recent past.
Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Roman55]

He was admitted to hospital in 1960. How recent is that?

 

[Matthew Wai]

That is not the present perfect, but the following is.

'He has been admitted to hospital' = he is still there.

I think he has recently been admitted and is still there.

 

[Roman55]

I agree. I misread your earlier post.

 

[GoesStation]

He has been admitted to the hospital six times in the last decade.

This sentence says nothing about whether he's in the hospital now.