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Originally Posted by Lib I think it's a difference between BE and AE. In BE we use the preposition. I've only ever heard AE speakers use the expression without the preposition.
In BE we say: I stayed at home last night. I usually stay at school for lunch. I stayed at work late last night. I stayed at a hotel when I was in Brighton. We use a preposition (not always 'at') with the verb stay. | I have heard it, but it isn't common. Some phrases are moving into British English- I do hear people saying 'write me' quite commonly now.  |
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So we can infer that this
omission of the preposition is a tendency of AE?
--But with no change of the meaning temporarily. (Maybe someday the meaning will change a little bit or a lot.)
This phenomenon of omission is influencing BE.