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On 6/26/2018 3:57 PM, Janet wrote:
> 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.
>

But would you say

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

??