Dearest English Aesthetes,
Ah, a longstanding miscommunication between British English and American English: In British English, the inclusion or omission of the definite article (“the”) before the word “hospital” changes the entire meaning of the sentence. It determines your relationship to the institution.
It is believed to be George Bernard Shaw who once quipped, ‘Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language’
Yours sincerely,
Thomas
