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Sorry in advance, it was too hard to resist the following "correction."

I'm from the America, so when I hear noun used without article, it's
like fingernails on blackboard (or for those too young to know what
blackboard is, nasty screeching out of malfunctioning sound card).


Steve Litt wrote:
> Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:31:26 -0400
>
>
>> And it's kind of amazing how these different versions have grammatical
>> differences, not kust spelling and vocabulary.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it's currently not accessible, so I can't give you any
>> examples.
> London: He's in hospital.
>
> Chicago: He's in the hospital.
>
> I'm from America, so when I hear a noun used without an article, it's
> like fingernails on a blackboard (or for those too young to know what a
> blackboard is, nasty screeching out of a malfunctioning sound card).
>
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