ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 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-square161fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down140
arrow-up1387arrow-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-27 months agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squareexprlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoTechnically “to eat” is the Infinitive form of the verb, and using infinitives as nouns isn’t all that unusual in many languages.
Technically “to eat” is the Infinitive form of the verb, and using infinitives as nouns isn’t all that unusual in many languages.