stay home or stay AT home?

Luba · Post by **Luba** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:49 am

Hi, could you please help me to solve this little problem? Do you say "stay home" or "stay AT home"?... if both are there any rules?

Thank you

Luba, Slovakia

Metamorfose · Post by **Metamorfose** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:32 am

Non native opinion here, you can use both. I wouldn't say "rules", just the way people use language will determine it.

José

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:14 am

Off the top of my head, there seems to be little or no difference between the two in sentences such as I stayed home/I stayed at home (where the home is your one).

If however we change the context to another's home, then the use of a preposition becomes obligatory: I stayed at Tom's (place/house/home)/I stayed with Tom.

Luba · Post by **Luba** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:43 pm

thank you...

...I was used to using only stay AT home and I got a letter from my American friend writing that his childres stay home alone. And I got confused and started searching. THANK YOU for your help.

Luba