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in home or at home

please when we say I am at home and when we say I am in home
  

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" "I am in home" is not natural. A: What time can I drop off that dish that I borrowered? B: Come by anytime.

  • " "I am in home" is not natural.
  • A: What time can I drop off that dish that I borrowered?
  • B: Come by anytime.
  • We'll be home all day.
  • A: Can I speak to Mr.
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Generally, you simply say you are "home" without a preposition, but if you use one, you say "at home." "I am in home" is not natural.

A: What time can I drop off that dish that I borrowered?

B: Come by anytime. We'll be home all day.

A: Can I speak to Mr. Smith?

B: I'm sorry, he's not home at the moment.

On the other hand, if you want someone to feel w
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in home and to home are not used.
Use at home or just home to say where you are.
Use at home to say where you are engaged in some activity.
Use home, not to home, to say where you are going.

-- Where are you?
-- I'm at home.

-- I'm working at home today.
-- So I'll be home all day.

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We use in when the noun or pronoun after it implies space with limits. Spaces with three dimensions.

In the house, in the country.

When it comes to time, in is used with periods of time.

In 2003. In the 18th. century.

We use at when the noun or pronoun after it conveys a point, that is, no dimensions.
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I agree, in home and to home are not used. However, both prepositions can be used with a possessive pronoun:

I don't allow that in/at my home.
We are going to his home.

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CB
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0It's also worthwile to search for "stay at home" in this forum and find out that both are correct even though using "at" is more formal.02br
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00stay at home = stay home0-

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