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It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office. (lemmy.world)

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[-] match@pawb.social 39 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In this usage, "home" is an adverb / adverbial! It is a preposition being used adverbially.

I'm going in. I'm going home.

Send it out. Send it home.

Run away! Run home!

this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2024

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