hospital

[Polyester]

Is the following sentence correct and natural to say?

"They sent me to the hospital when I was sudden unwell."

 

[Rover_KE]

Is the following sentence correct and natural [STRIKE]to say[/STRIKE]?

Why have you changed your previously correct opening question?

 

[Sneymarin]

It's wrong. I would say, "They sent me to the hospital when I suddenly felt unwell."

 

[J&K Tutoring]

Well done, Sneymarin, so time for you to play teacher:

1. Why is the original example not correct?

2. How can you correct the example sentence by changing the fewest words?

3. How would you best express the meaning of the example sentence?

 

[Tarheel]

It's wrong. I would say, "They sent me to the hospital when I suddenly felt unwell."

That's much better than the original. More realistic:

They sent me to the hospital after I collapsed in the hallway.

 

[Sneymarin]

Well done, Sneymarin, so time for you to play teacher:

1. Why is the original example not correct?

2. How can you correct the example sentence by changing the fewest words?

3. How would you best express the meaning of the example sentence?

1. You can't use "sudden" as it's an adjective. That's why I used suddenly to modify the verb "felt". Also, I changed "I was" to "I felt" because it's clear from the context that you weren't unwell from the beginning.

2. "They sent me to the hospital when I suddenly felt unwell."

3. The subject of the sentence was sent to the hospital because he suddenly started feeling unwell.

Does this sound reasonable?

 

[GoesStation]

You can't use "sudden" as it's an adjective. That's why I used "suddenly" to modify the verb "felt".

See above. Remember to mark words and text that you're writing about with quotation marks or italics.

 

[J&K Tutoring]

1. You can't use "sudden" as it's an adjective. That's why I used suddenly to modify the verb "felt". Also, I changed "I was" to "I felt" because it's clear from the context that you weren't unwell from the beginning.

2. "They sent me to the hospital when I suddenly felt unwell."

3. The subject of the sentence was sent to the hospital because he suddenly started feeling unwell.

Does this sound reasonable?

1. Good!
2. The smallest change would be to simply add the 'ly' ending to sudden, though suddenly would then modify the adjective unwell. That's acceptable but not best construction. You went a step further and made it a better sentence.
3. You had a better sentence in response #3. Here you have changed first person to third person.

My personal preference would be to reorder the sentence chronologically: I suddenly felt unwell, so they sent me to the hospital.

 

[tedmc]

I thought people get sent to the hospital when it is an emergency or a serious medication condition, and not just for feeling unwell.

 

[Tarheel]

I thought people get sent to the hospital when it is an emergency or a serious medication condition, and not just for feeling unwell.

That's the reason for my suggestion in post #5.

 

[J&K Tutoring]

In China people go to the hospital for everything from a burst appendix to a blistered heel. There is no 'lower level'.