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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Drove to / back home
Can I say,
She drove home happily.
She drove to / back home happily.
She drove home happily.
She drove to / back home happily.
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Vincent Teo, She drove home happily is perfectly acceptable. * She drove to home happily is abnormal - home is both point in place and direction adverb, so the preposition makes the phrase grammatically redundant. She drove back home happily is fine - drove back is a phrasal verb emphasising the return to the point of initial movement.
- Vincent Teo, She drove home happily is perfectly acceptable.
- * She drove to home happily is abnormal - home is both point in place and direction adverb, so the preposition makes the phrase grammatically redundant.
- She drove back home happily is fine - drove back is a phrasal verb emphasising the return to the point of initial movement.
- Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff.
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Vincent Teo,
She drove home happily is perfectly acceptable.
*She drove to home happily is abnormal - home is both point in place and direction adverb, so the preposition makes the phrase grammatically redundant.
She drove back home happily is fine - drove back is a phrasal verb emphasising the return to the point of initial movement.
She drove home happily is perfectly acceptable.
*She drove to home happily is abnormal - home is both point in place and direction adverb, so the preposition makes the phrase grammatically redundant.
She drove back home happily is fine - drove back is a phrasal verb emphasising the return to the point of initial movement.
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