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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

stay at their home

Can I say,

(a) They are in the home when it is raining outside.

(b) They stay at their home because it is raining.
  

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Hi, Can I say, (a) They are in the home when it is raining outside. (b) They stay at their home because it is raining. The most natural thing to say is 'They stay home when it rains'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Can I say, (a) They are in the home when it is raining outside.
  • (b) They stay at their home because it is raining.
  • The most natural thing to say is 'They stay home when it rains'.
  • Clive
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Hi,
Can I say,

(a) They are in the home when it is raining outside.

(b) They stay at their home because it is raining.

The most natural thing to say is 'They stay home when it rains'.

Clive
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Both of these are theoretically possible but neither is natural in any everyday context that I can think of. There are a number of ways of arranging this idea into natural sentences. For example:

They're staying at home because it's raining. (It's raining now, so they're staying at home)

They stay at home when it rains. (This is their general behaviour)
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