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An English teacher explains a few important things about the preposition "to." There are also some examples of how the preposition differs from the formation of an infinitive.

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[lyzzywaxen]

hi!!! good job thanks teacher i like so much your videos i'm learning with your help ta ta for now

[hisakoevans]

“go to”

I go to the home of (someone …)

I went to the home of (someone …)

[hisakoevans]

I did some research on “go home” and not “go to home”.

Prepositions are usually followed by objects in prepositional phrases. e.g. She went to the store.

However, do not use adverbs as objects of prepositions.

Be careful with words such as home, downtown, today, next/last week, etc. which are sometimes used as adverbs and sometimes used as nouns.

Word “home” as adverbs: She went home last night. <--- No preposition

[Fabrineah]

Excelent explanations.Thanks Teacher Paul!

[hisakoevans]

@xHanlilx

I think you just remember following 2 rules and there is no explanation about why “to” is not used in “go home”

* We use "to" in order to express movement toward a place.

* With the words home, downtown, uptown, inside, outside, downstairs, upstairs, we use "no preposition."

Example:

· I went upstairs.

· He went home.

· We both went outside.

-From your virtual classmate Hisako

[SOED00]

Great Job, Paul!!!!!!!! No doubt you were born to be a teacher. Your examples help me a lot.

God Bless you!!

Greetings from Argentina!!!!

[abyconmo123]

How do you do teacher paul. hey teacher i`m going to Los Angeles for vacation time. is going to take me 1200 miles from here . burlington WA. I hope i can go to disney i just trying to used the same samples from you. thanks alot for having this time to tech alot people like

[magdaguolo]

Thanks.  You are one of the best here in the net.

[cleopatralola]

thanks.you are very good teacher.

[arnulforompido]

thank you its clear now but can you put a video about the preposition AT - IN - ON WITH - FOR please thank you