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Geoyo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Staying at someone's house

We say "I'm staying at my grandma's house", but can I also say:

I'm staying at my grandma
I'm staying at my grandma's

as a shortcut?
  

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I'm staying at my grandma's. I'm staying with my grandma.

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I'm staying at my grandma's.

I'm staying with my grandma.
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Thank you. Which one is more common? And what about:

"I'm staying at my grandma", why is it wrong?
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geoyo"I'm staying at my grandma", why is it wrong?
Because you can stay at a place, but you can't stay at a person, unless you are some organism like a virus.
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That's interesting. In my native language, we literally say it like that. It's good to know it is wrong.
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A quick bit of online research suggests that I'm staying with my grandma/parents/brother/friend etc. is the most commonly used of the three, followed by I'm staying at my grandma's/parents'/brother's/friend's etc.
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geoyoI'm staying at my grandma's
I'm staying at my grandma's (house). The word 'house' can be left out.
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