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Acbeat Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Near my Home? Or Near my House?

Could you answer which is the correct question?

There is a beautiful place near my home.

There is a beautiful place near my house.

Or both are right?

  

Top answer

Neither of your sentences are questions, but both are correct sentences; there is a difference between a house and a home; a house is merely a furnished structure, a home is a furnished structure with emotional and sentimental significance for one or more people. The 1964 song A House Is Not A Home by Dionne Warwick illustrates the difference; A house is a thing, but a home is more than a thing, it's where you grew up, raised your kids, grew old, and/or any number of other sentimental or emotionally significant events took place. A house is a commodity; a home isn't.

— Jack Dammit

  • Neither of your sentences are questions, but both are correct sentences; there is a difference between a house and a home; a house is merely a furnished structure, a home is a furnished structure with emotional and sentimental significance for one or more people.
  • The 1964 song A House Is Not A Home by Dionne Warwick illustrates the difference; A house is a thing, but a home is more than a thing, it's where you grew up, raised your kids, grew old, and/or any number of other sentimental or emotionally significant events took place.
  • A house is a commodity; a home isn't.
  • You can buy a house, but not until you live in it and become attached to it does it become your home.
  • I'll have to stop here; I'm starting to cry.
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Neither of your sentences are questions, but both are correct sentences; there is a difference between a house and a home; a house is merely a furnished structure, a home is a furnished structure with emotional and sentimental significance for one or more people.

The 1964 song A House Is Not A Home by Dionne Warwick illustrates the difference; A house is a thing, but a home is more than

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AcbeatOr both are right?

They can be, depending on how specific you intend to be. Home https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/home is a general word which can be a house or something else. House

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