Comment on 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.

Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is it truly an adverb, though. Would that statement be considered proper English? It is a colloquialism, or some might say a metaphor, but is it considered an appropriate use of the English language to use that type of phrase? I could just imagine someone’s English professor returning an essay with a red line through that phrase.

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  • olorin99@kbin.earth ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home

    Home is a noun, adverb, adjective, and a verb. Yes the statement is proper English.

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  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It's not any of what you said. It's an adv. according to many a dictionary. I doubt that any of my pals would call that wrong or anti–English class.

    (From today on, I aim to not say the fifthglyph for all 2nd posts to promote !avoid5)

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