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Sashasaski Posted 19 years ago
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In the home
0 I really can't put my finger on it, but I just can't help feeling awkward about usage of the expression "in the home" below. 02 br
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00 1. Smoking in the home can cause health hazard to your loved one as well. 02 br
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00 2. Proper training starts in the home. 02 br
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00 If you are talking about specific home, like "in the home of Thomas Jefferson," I can understand. But obviously above sentences are talking about home in general. 02 br
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00 Even if the above usage isn't indeed awkward, why can't we replace it with "at home"? 02 br
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00 Any input would be appreciated. 02 br
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00 1. Smoking in the home can cause health hazard to your loved one as well. 02 br
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00 2. Proper training starts in the home. 02 br
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00 If you are talking about specific home, like "in the home of Thomas Jefferson," I can understand. But obviously above sentences are talking about home in general. 02 br
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00 Even if the above usage isn't indeed awkward, why can't we replace it with "at home"? 02 br
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00 Any input would be appreciated. 02 br
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0 We 01 i 01 b 00 can 02 b 00 02 i 00 replace "in the" with "at". 0-
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0 Sorry I realize that I wasn't clear. 02 br
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00 Of course I knew we can replace "in the" with "at". 02 br
00 I just think it sounds whole a lot better and natural with "at". 02 br
00 So why would we use "in the" in the first place. 02 br
00 is there any advantage for that? 02 br
00 (I guess the example of smoking might be interpreted as
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00 Of course I knew we can replace "in the" with "at". 02 br
00 I just think it sounds whole a lot better and natural with "at". 02 br
00 So why would we use "in the" in the first place. 02 br
00 is there any advantage for that? 02 br
00 (I guess the example of smoking might be interpreted as
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0 In this case 'in the home' really stands for the building rather than people's relationships to it. 02 br
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00 You wouldn't say 'Peter is in the home' instead of 'Peter is at home' and I guess this is where your discomfort comes from. 02 br
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00 However, in this case, we are not talking about anyone's specific home, we are really talking of it as a locat
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00 You wouldn't say 'Peter is in the home' instead of 'Peter is at home' and I guess this is where your discomfort comes from. 02 br
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00 However, in this case, we are not talking about anyone's specific home, we are really talking of it as a locat
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