Why do British English speakers omit the definite article? "Go to Hospital!"

[amanset]

@bob_2

A Brit would say “I’ll be at uni in/this autumn”.? This would be pretty ambiguous. A Student would say "I’ll be back at (or starting) Uni in the Autumn or they might say “I’ll be at uni this autumn”. A lecturer might say "I’ll be at The University in the Autumn. (but only if ‘The University’ was already known, otherwise he would name it).

I’m struggling to see the ambiguity.

[Honey]

nm. Stupid old thread.