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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

with or without 'at'

Hi,

I left my watch at home when I went to work.

I left my watch home when I went to work.

Should we use 'at home' or 'home' without 'at' here?

Thanks.
  

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I would use the "at."
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Hi GG,

Thank you for your reply. Sould 'at' be included in the following sentences?
1.He lives at home.
or
He lives home.

2.He works at home.
or
He works home.

3.He stayed at home all day yesterday.
or
He stayed home all day yesterday.

4.Is anybody at home?
or
Is anybody home?

Thank you very much.
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I go home, and I stay home, and I am home.

But I work at home, and live at home (although where else I would live, I'm not sure).

These things seem to be idiomatic, but someone like CJ might have a rule that helps determine. Certainly, with motion involved, there's no preposition: I went home, I ran home, I returned home...
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where else I would live
Well, what with the current 'subprime crisis', on the street is a possibility for some!

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Grammar GeekI go home, and I stay home, and I am home.
Certainly, with motion involved, there's no preposition: I went home, I ran home, I returned home...
Hi GG

That's certainly always true. However, especially in literary style and in upper-class British English there is a tendency t

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