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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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works/writes/shops from home
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/books/15writ.html
Mr. Coleman writes from home, seven days a week when possible.
Does "from home" imply using the Internet?
Mr. Coleman writes from home, seven days a week when possible.
Does "from home" imply using the Internet?
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These days, yes-- but it can also mean that he uses the postal service, or just that his home is his office. Shops from home (in your thread title) even more strongly suggests the internet; although mail order shopping is also a possibility, it is a dying form, I think.
- These days, yes-- but it can also mean that he uses the postal service, or just that his home is his office.
- Shops from home (in your thread title) even more strongly suggests the internet; although mail order shopping is also a possibility, it is a dying form, I think.
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These days, yes-- but it can also mean that he uses the postal service, or just that his home is his office. Shops from home (in your thread title) even more strongly suggests the internet; although mail order shopping is also a possibility, it is a dying form, I think.
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