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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

To + home

I learnt from the internet that no preposition is used prior to the word home when it is an adverb in the sentence. Then they give some othe adverb of places that follow the same rule. Here's the link:

https://www.englishcurrent.com/grammar/go-home-adverb-no-preposition/

My question is, ' is school not an adverb of place'? Why do we all ways say 'I went to school'?

Or to library, to hospital?

Thanks.

  

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Unlike "home", "school" cannot be an adverb of place. g. "go home" or "arrive home" is an unpredictable idiomatic exception to the norm.

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  • Unlike "home", "school" cannot be an adverb of place.
  • g.
  • "go home" or "arrive home" is an unpredictable idiomatic exception to the norm.
  • Almost all nouns cannot be used like this.
  • g.
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Unlike "home", "school" cannot be an adverb of place. The lack of a preposition in e.g. "go home" or "arrive home" is an unpredictable idiomatic exception to the norm. Almost all nouns cannot be used like this.

(While "home" in e.g. "arrive home" is normally classified as an adverb, in my opinion it is debatable whether it truly is. I think a case can be made that it is a noun used in a

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