My Celine  +  124642 Sun, 07 Aug 05 09:02 AM E..g: I want to stay home. E.g.: I want to stay at home. Are they acceptable and correct in terms of meaning and grammar? My Celine Joined on Fri, Aug 5 2005 Hong Kong Full Member 116 Grammar

	Eimai_Anglos  +  124685 Sun, 07 Aug 05 01:29 PM "I want to stay at home." This is the correct version. "I want to stay home" is used but, in my opinion, is not grammatically correct. "I wanna stay home". Colloquial and frequently heard. Eimai_Anglos Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Regular Member 509 Martin - native English speaker and technical author.

	Philip  +  124701 Sun, 07 Aug 05 03:13 PM  Eimai_Anglos wrote: "I want to stay at home." This is the correct version. "I want to stay home" is used but, in my opinion, is not gramatically correct. "I want to go home" is correct.  Would you prefer "I want to go to home?  I think this is just an example of our irrational use of prepositions, where we have few veritable rules, and only common usage to use as a basis for explanation. "I wanna stay home". Colloquial and frequently heard. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,612 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Prepositions

	khoff  +  124754 Sun, 07 Aug 05 08:48 PM "I want to stay home" doesn't sound incorrect to my ear, any more than "I want to go home" or "I want to stay here."  I might also say "Are you home?" or "Will you be home at 3 o'clock?" (instead of "at home") without feeling that I has spoken incorrectly.  I think "home" is just one of these odd words that doesn't require a preposition.  ("Downtown" works the same way.) khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,216 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Prepositions

	nona the brit  +  124767 Sun, 07 Aug 05 11:08 PM They sound natural to me too. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,743 The name says it all.