Has arrived at my home

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

What is the correct preposition to use in this sentence before 'home'?

'Pizza has arrived at my home.'

 

[GoesStation]

It's not a very natural sentence but you've used the right preposition.

 

[Rachel Adams]

It's not a very natural sentence but you've used the right preposition.

I sometimes can feel when my sentence is not natural. I would remove 'at my home'. I think it's unnecessary.

 

[jutfrank]

You're not thinking about the use of the sentence, Rachel.

Tell us what you mean. Why would you want to say this sentence? Who are you talking to? Tell us about how you imagine the situation that requires you to say this.

 

[Rachel Adams]

You're not thinking about the use of the sentence, Rachel.

Tell us what you mean. Why would you want to say this sentence? Who are you talking to? Tell us about how you imagine the situation that requires you to say this.

I am at home with friends. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door. Pizza has arrived! I asked this question to find out if it is possible to add 'at my home.' And in Macmillan there was a similar sentence that you had to change. I will find and post it.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you start with "I am at home with friends", there is certainly no need to put "at my home" after "Pizza has arrived".

 

[jutfrank]

I am at home with friends. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door. Pizza has arrived! I asked this question to find out if it is possible to add 'at my home.'

Why would you say at my home? That would be a very odd thing to say, wouldn't it? Your friends would probably think you're a bit strange. Do you understand why?

Please remember to do this every time—tell us how you mean to use the sentences you make up. Is that clear what I'm asking?

If your main aim in this post was simply to check your use at my home, then you should have told us that in post 1. There was no need to confuse us with pizza.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you were just trying to find out about "at my home", I can give you a fairly simple answer for BrE - it's rarely used at all. I think it sounds unnatural both on its own and as part of a larger sentence. Most Brits would use "at my house".

Where is your cousin staying?
At my house.

Let's have pizza and watch a film at my house.

She waited until the plumber arrived at her house before going shopping.

How are you going to celebrate your birthday?
I'm having a huge party at my house.

 

[emsr2d2]

Twenty-two years after I left my semi-detached house in England, and after twenty-two years of living in flats, I still say (depending on context) to/at/in my house.

Same here. I say either "my house" or "my place", unless it's really important that the listener knows I live in a flat.

 

[Yankee]

Regardless of the proper term, the pizza is now cold. :shock: