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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
State or event
1. I am at home. Does it express "state"?
2. I am home. Does it express event?
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2. I am home. Does it express event?
Get me clear.
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roky0071 1. I am at home. Does it express a "state"?
- roky0071 1.
- I am at home.
- Does it express a "state"?
- Yes.
- roky0071 2.
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roky00711. I am at home. Does it express a "state"?Yes.
roky00712. I am home. Does it express an event?No. It's a state.
I went home. - event
Sentences that show movement express events.
CJ
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(1) expresses state.
In form, (2) expresses state, but it is also used to mean "I've just arrived home", which can be viewed as event-like. Perhaps this is what you are alluding to. In that usage it would almost always be contracted to "I'm home!".
In form, (2) expresses state, but it is also used to mean "I've just arrived home", which can be viewed as event-like. Perhaps this is what you are alluding to. In that usage it would almost always be contracted to "I'm home!".
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