Get / arrive / be + (at) home. Is there a rule?

'Home' is an exception to rules, and even whether it is a noun or an adverb is contested. I am confused because I don't see how 'get' and 'arrive' are verbs of direction; they seem to be point actions. However, 'home' does appear without prepositions in many cases of movement; whether it applies to all I hesitate to say.

Movement: Go/come/drive/take a taxi/walk/crawl/return home.

Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your help.
You are right. I should have said, verbs of 'situation'. So, since 'home' is an exception to rules we should not use 'at' with 'home' or the preposition is just optional. Because I've seen both ways, where the preposition is used and where it isn't.

TS

Oh, there are situations where 'at' is optional, where it is mandatory, and where it is impossible:

I got home at 8:00 - 'At' not possible.
I arrived (at) home at 8:00 - 'At' optional
I sat at home - 'At' mandatory

Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your help. Then, I should ask in the Forum, whenever I have a question about it.

TS

The reason you don't need a preposition is because "home" is itself a preposition in your examples. It used to be simply a noun, but a long time ago "home" took on a second job as a directional (or locative) preposition.

Some verbs indicating a change of location, like "drive", "come", "go" "get" (as in "arrive"), "head" and many others require a directional preposition to form a goal co

BillJThe reason you don't need a preposition is because "home" is itself a preposition in your examples. It used to be simply a noun, but a long time ago "home" took on a second job as a directional (or locative) preposition.

Hi BillJ,
Thank you very much for your reply.
1. We get home at 7.
2. We arrive home at 7.
3. We are home at 7.
Let'

We arrive at home (here "home" is a noun as in we arrive at "our house")
We arrived at your home last night...

Thinking Spain1. We get home at 7.2. We arrive home at 7.3. We are home at 7. Let's see if I understood it. 'Home at 7' is a prepositional phrase in numbers 1 and 2, isn't it? And 'home' is a subject-oriented locative complement in number 3, just because of the verb 'be'. Right?

They are all preposition phrases because "home" is a preposition in all your examp

AnonymousWe arrive at home (here "home" is a noun as in we arrive at "our house")

I'm sorry but that's incorrect. You can't say *"We arrive at home". The correct form is "We arrive home" where "home" means 'at the place where we live'. You can say "we arrived at our house" where "house" is a noun.

You must be careful not to confuse the noun "home" wit

Anonymous

We arrived at your home last night...

"Home" is a noun here because it has the genitive noun phase "your" as determiner.

BillJ

Yes that was my point...