to home

We don’t include to because home in get home and go back home already means “to the place where I live”.

AnonymousWhy doesn't normally put 'to' at the beginning of 'home'As usual we say get to a restaurant or go back to work. But we don't use get to a home or go back to home even no article. is it just custom?

Look up the word "home" as an adverb (not as a noun) in a good dictionary. You don't put the preposition (here, to) before the adverb phrase,

AnonymousLook up the word "home" as an adverb (not as a noun) in a good dictionary.

You may find that it’s better to call it a preposition.

Prepositions and preposition phrases

You may, if you are studying linguistics or grammar.

However, if you are learning to communicate in English, and use grammar terminology as a means to an end, you are probably better sticking with 'adverb', the label most dictionaries, student grammars, course books and teachers use.

fivejedjonYou may, if you are studying linguistics or grammar.

Not necessarily. The preposition analysis makes more sense and may well be easier for ESL students to understand. Home in the OP’s phrases is semantically as well as syntactically similar to PPs like to the store, and unlike uncontroversial AdvPs. In fact, home in I’ve got t

I've made my point. I'll leave it there.

Aspara Gus In fact, home in I’ve got to get home isn’t even replaceable by an adverb (*I’ve got to get immediately / soon).

What about this:

At last, we're getting somewhere.

"Somewhere" is an adverb here, isn't it?

I see that as a preposition too.

Aspara GusI see that as a preposition too.

Is it a problem of seeing, arguing, or simply some sort of a 'grammar religion' to follow and practice?

AnonymousIs it a problem of seeing, arguing, or simply some sort of a 'grammar religion' to follow and practice?

It will take some time before Huddleston is canonized, but he's already St. Rodney to many.

Even so, I believe in freedom of religion.

CJ