In home vs home

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Arnoldhk  #252573  Sat, 05 Aug 06 04:20 AM
in home or home?Stick out tongue [:P]
  
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Grammar Geek  #252574  Sat, 05 Aug 06 04:21 AM

Either at home, or sometimes, just home.

I'm home now. What time will you be home?

  
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CalifJim  #252603  Sat, 05 Aug 06 05:43 AM
Welcome to English Forums!

Not in home.  Not to home.  Not into home.

Where you are:  at home or home
Where you are going:  home
Where you are coming from:  from home

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Magic79  #371726  Mon, 28 May 07 07:57 PM

Hello!

In all the threads in this forum, at home is the correct answer and in home is the wrong answer.

Nevertheless, if you google "in the home", you will find many hits with that phrase.

When can we use in the home?

Here are some sources from the internet:

Det Sgt Kevin Foster said: "This was a brutal attack on a man who was in his own home at the time.

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Grammar Geek  #371743  Mon, 28 May 07 09:53 PM
Yes, "in his own home" is fine, but "in home" is not okay.
  
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