[General] Being alone at home/being home alone, what is the difference?

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Aamir Tariq

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1. There is an emergency, because of which I am having to go to Islamabad where grandmother is undergoing a major surgery tomorrow morning. So mom will be alone at home.

2. There is an emergency, because of which I am having to go to Islamabad where grandmother is undergoing a major surgery tomorrow morning. So mom will be home alone.

Tell me what is the difference between being home alone and being alone at home.

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There's no difference. At least, I can't think of a situation in which a person is home alone but is not alone at home, and vice versa.
 
Write There is an emergency. I have to go to Islamabad where Grandmother is undergoing major surgery tomorrow morning.
 
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I would say "home alone" though. I wouldn't say "alone at home" even though it is grammatical and identical in meaning. It doesn't sound as natural.
 
Aamir, again you posted the same thread in WordReference at the same time.

Did you not read my post #4 here? I notice you didn't acknowledge it.
 
Aamir, again you posted the same thread in WordReference at the same time.

Did you not read my post #4 here? I notice you didn't acknowledge it.

No Rover I didn't read your post before, I am reading it here for the first time.
 
Write There is an emergency. I have to go to Islamabad where Grandmother is undergoing major surgery tomorrow morning.

All right, but why did you capitalize the 'G' of "grandmother" it is not a proper noun, it's common noun, isn't it?
 
All right, but why did you capitalize the 'G' of "grandmother" it is not a proper noun, it's common noun, isn't it?

It's a proper noun here because you used Grandmother as a substitute for a name. For example: May I introduce my grandmother? Her name is Esther, but we all call her Grandmother.
 
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