Which is grammatically correct: Admit myself into a hospital, or admit myself to a hospital?

Answer 1

I think there's three possibilities: IN, TO, and INTO.

I looked up the word ADMIT in the American Heritage Dictionary, and found as part of the definition, the words "a door admitting to the hall." Notice that it reads "to" the hall, not "into" the hall. This leans toward the possibility that "to" the hospital might be more acceptable than "into" the hospital. See definition below:

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ADMIT: A definition from American Heritage Dictionary:
ad-mit -------- (ad-mit)v. ad-mit-ted, ad-mit-ting, ad-mits.
v. tr. 1. To permit to enter. 2. To serve as a means of entrance: A ticket that admits the whole group. 3. To permit to exercise the rights, functions, or privileges of: was admitted to the bar association. 4. To have room for; accommodate. 5. To afford opportunity for; permit. 6. To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge: admit the truth. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 7. To grant as true or valid, as for the sake of argument; concede.
v. intr. 1. To afford possibility: a problem that admits of no solution. 2. To allow entrance; afford access: a door admitting to the hall. 3. To make acknowledgment.[Middle English amitten, admitten, from Old French amettre, admettre, from Latin admittere : ad-, ad- + mittere, to send.]
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My favorite approach in such instances is to simply rephrase the sentence to avoid the problem. For example: I went to the hospital admissions office to be admitted.

Incidentally, I'm not sure, but I don't think you can admit yourself. You can go to a hospital yourself, but someone else has to admit you.

If this isn't enough, you might find English Usage books and Preposition Dictionaries useful in your search, but personally, I'd take the easy route and rephrase.

Answer 2

Admit myself "into" a hospital is more clarifying about your intended meaning rather than admit myself "to" a hospital. The latter sounds more informal...

So "admit myself into a hospital" is the grammatically correct form.

Answer 3

Admit myself into a hospital.

Answer 4

into