It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.
It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.
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Don't British people say in hospital or something?
We do, yes :)
Can you think of any similar differences?
"In hospice?" Which I've heard here, too and just refers to the type of care they receive.
We have that here too. I found what I was referring to:
In British English, the word hospital can appear as a noncount noun, without the article a or the before it, in certain phrases:
(British English):He's in hospital.= (American English):He's in a hospital or He's in the hospital.
I want to add Canadian English goes with the latter too.
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