http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IHaveBeenHomeAtHome/hbcdx/post.htm#590301Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:33:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590301Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/IHaveBeenHomeAtHome/hbcdx/post.htm#590301http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-590301.xmlI cannot see the problem with being (or having been) &#39;at home&#39;. Unless of course Mum is a bad cook (or a psychopath).http://www.englishforums.com/English/IHaveBeenHomeAtHome/hbcdx/post.htm#590295Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:33:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590295Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/IHaveBeenHomeAtHome/hbcdx/post.htm#590295http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-590295.xml. It is an odd sentence, but D is wrong because it is a condition, not an activity (hence &#39;do&#39; does not collocate with it). &#39;Be home&#39; in the correct sentence means &#39;go to one&#39;s family home(town)&#39;. .http://www.englishforums.com/English/IHaveBeenHomeAtHome/hbcdx/post.htmTue, 26 May 2009 02:33:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590203Teo2http://www.englishforums.com/English/IHaveBeenHomeAtHome/hbcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-590203.xmlI have been _____ this year. I don&#39;t want to do it again. (A) family (B) house (C) home (D) at home The answer is option C. Why is option D incorrect?