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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Home vs house

Dear teachers,
Could you possibly help me distinguish between the use of HOME and HOUSE?

Thank you in advance
  

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Tuongvan: A house is always the physical building where you live. Home is more abstract, and sentimental, but it can be a physical place too. ", "Home sweet Home" Your family treats me so nicely that I feel at home in your house.

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  • Tuongvan: A house is always the physical building where you live.
  • Home is more abstract, and sentimental, but it can be a physical place too.
  • ", "Home sweet Home" Your family treats me so nicely that I feel at home in your house.
  • The grammatical constructs are different, since "home" is sometimes an adverb, and house is always a noun.
  • I went to my house I went home.
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Tuongvan:
A house is always the physical building where you live. Home is more abstract, and sentimental, but it can be a physical place too.
"Home is where the heart is.", "Home sweet Home"
Your family treats me so nicely that I feel at home in your house.

The grammatical constructs are different, since "home" is sometimes an adverb, and house is always a noun.
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Tuongvandistinguish between the use of HOME and HOUSE
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One can make one's "home" in practically any kind of structure: apartment, caravan, boat, tent, single family house, Borstal Prison, etc.

A "house" is generally defined as a single family residence, unless a modifier is added (row house, townhouse, etc). It implies privacy, being on its own land, and usually private ownership.

In America, people (also Estate Agents, a subcategory

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