Kenta  +  469950 Tue, 29 Jan 08 12:35 AM Hello. Is there any difference between "stay home" and "stay at home"? I know both are OK, but if there is a slight difference, will you tell me?                                                              Thank you. Kenta Joined on Fri, Dec 21 2007 Regular Member 519 kenta Difference Between

	BW2/3  +  469961 Tue, 29 Jan 08 01:08 AM  Kenta wrote: Hello. Is there any difference between "stay home" and "stay at home"? I know both are OK, but if there is a slight difference, will you tell me?                                                              Thank you. home is an adverb so you say stay home. I dont think you can say 'stay at home.'  You need a possessive noun  right in front of 'home.' For instance, stay at her home. BW2/3 Joined on Sat, Oct 22 2005 Contributing Member 1,283 Carpe diem!! Verbs, Possessives, Difference Between, Nouns, Adverbs

	Grammar Geek  +  469966 Tue, 29 Jan 08 01:27 AM A phrase you hear a lot is "stay-at-home mom" meaning a full-time mom who doesn't work in an office. A job I'd love to have myself. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Delmobile  +  469987 Tue, 29 Jan 08 02:44 AM No you don't either, Barb, everybody knows all we do is eat bonbons all day; therefore, we are not valued by society. I have heard "stay at home" without the hyphens or the mom. What are you up to this weekend? Oh, I'm so worn out, I think I just want to stay at home and veg out. ( veg or veg out - not sure of spelling! - pronounced "vedge" - short for vegetate, means to do as little as possible) Delmobile Joined on Wed, Jan 2 2008 Contributing Member 1,017 Spelling, Hyphens

	Grammar Geek  +  469994 Tue, 29 Jan 08 03:06 AM All the in-the-workforce moms I know would love to be stay-at-homes. Although you're very rarely late to a meeting at work because someone couldn't find his shoe. Grammar Geek

	Hoa Thai  +  470031 Tue, 29 Jan 08 05:50 AM Hi, I have seen stay-at-home used before a noun to mean 'staying at home, rather than working somewhere else, usually in order to take care of children'. For the same meaning, I also found people use 'to stay at home'. For example: "'Mommy Wars': To Work or Stay at Home" -  http://i.abcnews.com/GMA/AmericanFamily/story?id=1648502&page=1 'To stay at home' is also used to show a decision to live at home instead of elsewhere, as in: "VITAL SIGN: AGING; Fighting Frailty to Stay at Home" -  http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E0D81F3DF931A15753C1A9649C8B63 Hoa Thai Joined on Mon, Oct 15 2007 Vietnam Contributing Member 1,100 Best Regards - Hoa Thai Nouns