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JKBelieve Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Arrive at home?

I will be waiting for it to arrive at home?

I will be waiting for it to arrive home?

Is the first sentence wrong? Why?
  

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Hi 'Arrive home' (missing out the 'at') only applies to a person arriving at their home. So you can say 'I'm coming home' but 'my friend is coming to my home later'. The same is true with 'work' and 'school'.

— Deborah_d

  • Hi 'Arrive home' (missing out the 'at') only applies to a person arriving at their home.
  • So you can say 'I'm coming home' but 'my friend is coming to my home later'.
  • The same is true with 'work' and 'school'.
  • So the first sentence is right and the second one is wrong.
  • You can't say 'waiting for it to arrive home' but you could say 'I'm waiting for my mother to arrive home' because it's her home.
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Hi

'Arrive home' (missing out the 'at') only applies to a person arriving at their home. So you can say 'I'm coming home' but 'my friend is coming to my home later'.

The same is true with 'work' and 'school'.

So the first sentence is right and the second one is wrong. You can't say 'waiting for it to arrive home' but you could say 'I'm waiti
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