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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

At home or home

Hello everyone,

Is either "at home" or "home" without "at" correctly used in the following sentence?

- He must have been home/at home.

Regards,

JA

  

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" That is a fixed location. "Home" without the preposition implies movement toward or away from home. Let's go home.

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  • " That is a fixed location.
  • "Home" without the preposition implies movement toward or away from home.
  • Let's go home.
  • He left home for the last time.
  • He must be home by now.
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Write "at home." That is a fixed location.
"Home" without the preposition implies movement toward or away from home.

Let's go home.
He left home for the last time.
He must be home by now.  (He was travelling to his house.)
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