ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.message-squaremessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down142
arrow-up1383arrow-down1message-squareIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoIronically students of foreign language often cling to these grammatical structures and are less confused by the same word in different contexts.
Ironically students of foreign language often cling to these grammatical structures and are less confused by the same word in different contexts.