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Grammar and Linguistics > Confused and curious
Confused and curious
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ohermann
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Confused and curious
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Hi my dear colleagues,
could you tell me what difference is between these two sentences and if they are correct:
I am home from school.
I am AT home from school.
And if there is a difference why is that. Thank you veeeery much for your answers and replies. Have a nice first Autumn day.
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23 Sep 2010
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douglas
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I wouldn �t use: "I am at home from school." |
23 Sep 2010
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Apodo
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I �m home from school.
I �m at home. (You could say this to someone on a mobile/cell phone) -
I �m home.
But not I�m at home from.......(place)
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23 Sep 2010
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nombasa
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I think the answer lies with the use of the prepositions. If you say "I am at home", the preposition links the subject "I" with the object "home". If you say "I am home from school", the preposition from is linking home and school, not you. You wouldn �t normally link more than two items with prepositions in one simple sentence.
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23 Sep 2010
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dawnmain
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I �m home from school is US English. I may be wrong but it means I have just arrived home after finishing school.
The second sentence is not correct.
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23 Sep 2010
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libertybelle
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I agree with you all - but.....
If someone said to me that they were at home from school, I would think that they were sick that day and had not gone to school.
But otherwise - we say - I �m home from school.
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23 Sep 2010
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