House, place, home

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.
If I want to say that 'I am at home' it's wrong to say 'I am in or at my place', isn't it?
Speaker A 'Where are you?'
Speaker B 'I am at home'. 'I
Are 'I am in my house' and 'I am home' correct?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hello.
If I want to say that 'I am at home' it's wrong to say 'I'm [STRIKE]in or[/STRIKE] at my place', isn't it?

Either is fine. In the US, I'm is more natural than I am. (Maybe in the UK, too.)

Speaker A 'Where are you?'
Speaker B 'I am at home'. [STRIKE]'I[/STRIKE]
Are 'I am at my house' and 'I am home' correct?

Either is fine, but again, I'm is much more likely.

And when we're announcing that we've arrived at our house, we don't use a preposition. We just say, "I'm home."

 

[Rachel Adams]

And when we're announcing that we've arrived at our house, we don't use a preposition. We just say, "I'm home."

'In my place' has a different meaning, as far as I know. So I am at home or I am at my place at my house but not at my home What about 'in my house'? Is it wrong?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

'In my place' has a different meaning, as far as I know. So I am at home or I am at my place at my house but not at my home What about 'in my house'? Is it wrong?

"In my home" and "In my house" are right in some contexts. They're just not how we'd usually answer, "Where are you?"

If you said, "Where do you keep all your diamonds?" I might say:

- "In my house."
- "At my house."
- "At my place."
- "In my home."
- "At home."

("At home" is also a good answer to "Where are you?")

Except for where I've changed things in red, all the phrases are natural and mean the same thing. It wouldn't be wrong to use any of them. They just have slightly different shading. That's all I mean. Also:

- My place is more informal than my house.
- My home is more intimate than my house.

 

[PeterCW]

'In my place' has a different meaning, as far as I know. So I am at home or I am at my place at my house but not at my home What about 'in my house'? Is it wrong?

In conversational English you would normally just say "I'm at home" in answer to the question if you were at your only or main residence. You would only say more if some form of clarification was required.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Right. Looks like I didn't say it clearly enough. If someone says "Where are you?" the most natural reply is "I'm at home."

 

[Rachel Adams]

You would only say more if some form of clarification was required.

And again as some sort of clarification, a native speaker wouldn't use 'in my home', 'in my house', 'at my house', 'at my place' to say where he is. Right?
'At my home' is probably never used.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And again as some sort of clarification, a native speaker wouldn't use 'in my home', 'in my house', 'at my house', 'at my place' to say where he or she is. Right?
'At my home' is probably never used.

Not often.

It's just not the most likely answer to "Where are you?" We'd usually say:

"Home."
"I'm home."
"I'm at home."