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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> On 26-Jun-2018, lid (ciavelillse)
> wrote:
>
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I've seen both forms but I cannot distinguish when do we use the
> > article before the object.
> >
> > My parents weren't cooking dinner.
> > My parents weren't cooking the dinner.
> Maybe it's like hospital. In UK they say, "in hospital", in US we say "in
> the hospital".

In UK we use both.

Jim is in hospital having some treatment.
Dr Jones works in the hospital.

Janet UK.