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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

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.

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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.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

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I’m at Steve’s house.

I’m in Steve’s backyard.

I’m at Steve’s backyard barbecue.

Yeah, English is pretty f’d up.
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  Nah, this kinda does make sense. You wouldn’t wanna be inside Steve’s barbecue, would you?

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