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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Home/school

Sir,

1.I went home.

2.I went to home.


Which one is correct?
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3.I went to school.

4.I went school.

Which one is Correct?

Actually I want to know that why we use "went home" and "went to school".

Thanks.
  

Top answer

(1) and (3) are correct. 'Home' takes articles and prepositions even less often than 'school', 'work', 'church', and 'hospital' do: I went home. I went to school/work/church/etc.

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  • (1) and (3) are correct.
  • 'Home' takes articles and prepositions even less often than 'school', 'work', 'church', and 'hospital' do: I went home.
  • I went to school/work/church/etc.
  • I went to the park/the theatre/the picnic/etc.
  • I am at home.
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(1) and (3) are correct. 'Home' takes articles and prepositions even less often than 'school', 'work', 'church', and 'hospital' do:

I went home.
I went to school/work/church/etc.
I went to the park/the theatre/the picnic/etc.

I am at home.
I am at school/work/etc.
I am at the park/the theatre/etc.

'At home' is considered an idiomatic fixed phrase
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