Thread: "stay at home" and "stay home"?
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Old 10-Sep-2003, 16:14
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Default Re: "stay at home" and "stay home"?
"Stay at home" revisited. :)

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Originally Posted by bmo
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Originally Posted by RonBee
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-->My brother was told to stay home last night, but he went to the movies.
-->My brother should have stayed at home last night.
In the second sentence, you can delete the at and the sentence will mean the same thing. Both are used. BTW, a "stay at home" is somebody who doesn't like to go out much.
Which would you prefer, 'she is a stay-at-home mom' or 'she is a stay-home mom?' The first one? Thanks, BMO
I would invariably use the first one.
  • From a Google search:

    "stay-at-home mom" = 102,000
    "stay-home mom" = 3,610

As for "My brother was told to stay home last night", in AE we would invariably leave out the at. In the second sentence ("My brother should have stayed at home last night") it is optional.

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