Discussion Groups / English Usage / September 2007

Two minutes ago I heard a Fox News reporter explain that three mine
rescue workers are in three different hospitals in Utah. He summed up:
"So, three workers are in the hospital today."
In this example it would seem that the American "the" not only carries

I haven't posted for a little while (and haven't read very many posts),
but I've kept some notes on matters that may be worth a discussion.
1. When in church _for services_, a person will say "I'm in church."
Whichever tense is used, there's no article. Church. Not "the" church.

There are apparently no aue posts showing up on the NIN server
overnight. Did someone blink?

It's frustrating in doing a crossword puzzle to have a
section in which everything fits except one string that
seems to be impossible to be a valid word.  This morning it
was "MRPIBB", with the clue "Coca-Cola product".  I