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To add to the other examples: British, American "in future" , "in the future" "in hospital" , "in the hospital" Also in British English it's more common to

by bane 7y ago

To add to the other examples: British, American "in future" , "in the future" "in hospital" , "in the hospital" Also in British English it's more common to construct a sentence such as: "A great car, this one." In American English we would almost always say "This is a great car."

pricechild 7y ago
I'm not sure about your first example... I thought to myself "As an Englishman, what would I think about in the future?" and can't figure out a way to omit 'the'. Could you use it in a sentence?
- frosted-flakes 7y ago
  "In [the] future, please refrain from bringing fermented herring to work for lunch."
- bane 7y ago
  "In future, please don't forget to cool off the tea." There's an entire WP page on these differences that are pretty interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_grammatical_differences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_g... As always, your local dialect may differ!
  - pricechild 7y ago
    Aha thank you, yes I hadn't thought about that form. Pretty sure I'd still include 'the', not sure. Interesting!
Youden 7y ago
I'm Australian rather than English but a lot of these sound odd to me. I'd probably say "in future, could you please refrain from eating loudly" but "in the future, we will have flying cars". "The future" would refer to the magical world full of fancy new technology, while "in future" is more along the lines of "from now on". "I'm in hospital" makes perfect sense but "I'm in the hospital" works perfectly fine as well. I don't think either is incorrect in English. Regarding the sentence construction, I wouldn't understand "a great car, this one" as a standalone sentence. Written, it'd have to be "it's a great car, this one". Spoken, I'd expect there to be either something spoken prior (e.g. "Isn't she lovely. A great car, this one.") or some kind of non-verbal cue (like a look of pride or fondness that essentially expresses the same thing). But again, Australian, not English.
- usmannk 7y ago
  American English perspective: We'd never say "in future, could you please refrain from eating loudly." There would always be a "the" after "in". "I'm in hospital." same thing, "in the" If someone said "Isn't she lovely. A great car, this one." I'd think they were trying to imitate a Brit.

by bane 7y ago

pricechild 7y ago

I'm not sure about your first example... I thought to myself "As an Englishman, what would I think about in the future?" and can't figure out a way to omit 'the'. Could you use it in a sentence?

frosted-flakes 7y ago
"In [the] future, please refrain from bringing fermented herring to work for lunch."
bane 7y ago
"In future, please don't forget to cool off the tea." There's an entire WP page on these differences that are pretty interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_grammatical_differences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_g... As always, your local dialect may differ!
- pricechild 7y ago
  Aha thank you, yes I hadn't thought about that form. Pretty sure I'd still include 'the', not sure. Interesting!

Youden 7y ago

I'm Australian rather than English but a lot of these sound odd to me. I'd probably say "in future, could you please refrain from eating loudly" but "in the future, we will have flying cars". "The future" would refer to the magical world full of fancy new technology, while "in future" is more along the lines of "from now on". "I'm in hospital" makes perfect sense but "I'm in the hospital" works perfectly fine as well. I don't think either is incorrect in English. Regarding the sentence construction, I wouldn't understand "a great car, this one" as a standalone sentence. Written, it'd have to be "it's a great car, this one". Spoken, I'd expect there to be either something spoken prior (e.g. "Isn't she lovely. A great car, this one.") or some kind of non-verbal cue (like a look of pride or fondness that essentially expresses the same thing). But again, Australian, not English.

usmannk 7y ago
American English perspective: We'd never say "in future, could you please refrain from eating loudly." There would always be a "the" after "in". "I'm in hospital." same thing, "in the" If someone said "Isn't she lovely. A great car, this one." I'd think they were trying to imitate a Brit.