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Ask for help > I am at home / i am home
I am at home / i am home
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badr.a7
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I am at home / i am home
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apart from belonging to spoken and written language, are both expressions correct ? is there a specific rule ?
thank you
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12 Apr 2012
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cunliffe
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If you �ve just arrived, you �d say �I �m home �. If someone asks you where you are, then you �re at home. |
12 Apr 2012
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Bill
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You can also omit the preposition in "stay (at) home". |
12 Apr 2012
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annabelle86
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Hi dear,
I think you can really omit the �at �, that �s what I would say. Asking to an anglophone colleague, she told me �I �m home � is better, no specific rule ...... |
12 Apr 2012
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yanogator
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Yes, annabelle, you can omit the "at", but that doesn �t sound quite as natural for stating your current location. We would say "I �m at home" more often than "I �m home" in answer to the question "Where are you?".
Bruce |
12 Apr 2012
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foose1
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I agree with cunliffe. I am home when arriving and at home when asked. It is quite natural for me, although I had to think about it but it is what I would say. John |
12 Apr 2012
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