What sectaurs says is correct, "talk me" is closer to "write me" ... you write TO someone, as you talk TO someone - it's a communication method. "At university" sounds fine to me, as was mentioned earlier, it's pretty analagous to saying "I was at college" ... you wouldn't say "at the college" or "at the university" unless…
i've never in my life said "i was at the university" unless i was talking to someone who knew which university i was talking about. I'm sure there's a technical way of describing this but i really can't be arsed
It's because 'the' is a determiner. It is only needed when you want to be specific. When talking about your past experience at university, you don't really need to be specific about any particular university as you're just referring to the university experience. In any event, it's best not to dwell too hard on the…
I would say "went to the hospital" and "went to hospital" would be used in separate contexts, they *could* be interchangeable but tend not to be. If you "went to the hospital", it's more likely you're talking to someone you know, who knows the place you went, so they can make the association as to which hospital "that"…