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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
return home or back home or return back to home
He will return back home in five minutes.
He will be back home in five minutes.
He will return back to home in five minutes.
He went to the office and he will return back home soon.
He went to the office and he will be back home soon.
He went to the office and he will return back to home soon..
Can we have the all the above sentences? Which of the above sentences are more commonly used? Please help me understand.
He will be back home in five minutes.
He will return back to home in five minutes.
He went to the office and he will return back home soon.
He went to the office and he will be back home soon.
He went to the office and he will return back to home soon..
Can we have the all the above sentences? Which of the above sentences are more commonly used? Please help me understand.
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"Return" sounds more formal. "Be back" is most commonly used. Use either "be back home" or "return home": He will return home in five minutes.
- "Return" sounds more formal.
- "Be back" is most commonly used.
- Use either "be back home" or "return home": He will return home in five minutes.
- He will be back home in five minutes.
- or He will be home in five minutes.
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"Return" sounds more formal. "Be back" is most commonly used.
Use either "be back home" or "return home":
He will return home in five minutes.
He will be back home in five minutes.
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He will be home in five minutes.
Use either "be back home" or "return home":
He will return home in five minutes.
He will be back home in five minutes.
or
He will be home in five minutes.
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He will return back home in five minutes. (back is superfluous.)
When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away.
Blair will return to London tonight...
So far more than 350,000 people have returned home.
(Collins Cobuild Dictionary)
When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away.
Blair will return to London tonight...
So far more than 350,000 people have returned home.
(Collins Cobuild Dictionary)
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I would use be back home with short trips and daily activities, and return back home for long journeys, e.g. return back home from abroad.
I also think there is some difference between the two expressions as regards the exact time of arrival, that is, when someone says they're going to be back home on saturday, I know I'll find them there on saturday, but if they said they'd
I also think there is some difference between the two expressions as regards the exact time of arrival, that is, when someone says they're going to be back home on saturday, I know I'll find them there on saturday, but if they said they'd
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SurferI would use be back home with short trips and daily activities, and return back home for long journeys, e.g. return back home from abroad.return back home (back is superfluous. See earliest post of miine.)
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