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Teo  #150243  Fri, 21 Oct 05 02:16 PM

He now writes fiction from his home in Scotland.

Why not use at his home?

Is there any difference?

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pieanne  #150290  Fri, 21 Oct 05 05:00 PM

I'd say that the "from" version suggests he sends his fiction to some place, whereas the "at" version simply means that he writes at home rather than in any other location. "He used to write his fiction at the office, but now he writes at home".

I'm not too comfortable with "writes fiction"; it implies that he writes fiction at home, and/but non-fiction somewhere else. I'd feel better with"he writes at / from home", or "he writes his fiction at/from home", or "he writes his novels at/from home".

 

  
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Teo  #150323  Fri, 21 Oct 05 07:11 PM

What does work from home mean?

Does it suggest that he works at home and go from home to someplace?

Thank you very much for your reply.

  
pieanne  #150328  Fri, 21 Oct 05 07:28 PM

No, Teo, "work from home" means that you don't work in an office; I guess this expression was born in the PC era, that is some persons can work from a PC in their home instead of in the office, the result is just the same, they send their work to a central PC/office.

 

  
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