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Jason ree Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

We are going home.

We are going home.
We are going to his house.
He is going to do a surgery plastic.

Is "to" need to be put in the 1st sentence above?
  

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No, "home" is a special case. In sentences like "We are going home" it behaves a bit like an adverb. "a surgery plastic" is wrong; it should be just "plastic surgery".

  • No, "home" is a special case.
  • In sentences like "We are going home" it behaves a bit like an adverb.
  • "a surgery plastic" is wrong; it should be just "plastic surgery".
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No, "home" is a special case. In sentences like "We are going home" it behaves a bit like an adverb.

"a surgery plastic" is wrong; it should be just "plastic surgery".
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He is going to do plastic surgery. This means he is the surgeon.


He is going to have plastic surgery This means he is the patient.

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