My mother wants to go to my sister for a few days after a few days.
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It is correct but in my opinion it's a regionalism. Here in Canada we're much more likely to say "my sister's house" or "my sister's place" or simply "my sister's".
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That is a very strange sentence. We normally go to a place rather than go to a person though it is not impossible. "After a few days" does not mean anything. It begs the question of "a few days after what?" The sentence gives the impression that you want to say something but there there are things you do not want to reveal. What is the purpose of sentence?
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It's strange because of the repetition of "a few days."
Absent any other context the "after a few days" is understood to mean from now. That is, from when the sentence is uttered/written.
"Go to my sister" is odd. "Sister's" would be normal, assuming you mean to stay with her at her home.
We don't normally go to people unless it's for a specific thing. Not a multi-day visit. Like "Go to Fred to get a parking pass" or "Go to her at the airport and confess your love before she goes away forever."
Absent any other context the "after a few days" is understood to mean from now. That is, from when the sentence is uttered/written.
"Go to my sister" is odd. "Sister's" would be normal, assuming you mean to stay with her at her home.
We don't normally go to people unless it's for a specific thing. Not a multi-day visit. Like "Go to Fred to get a parking pass" or "Go to her at the airport and confess your love before she goes away forever."
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Despite the very annoying repetition, the sentence is at least grammatically correct with my changes above. A lot of learners struggle with the idea of "in a few days" meaning "a few days after today" but that's how we use it.
The sentence works if, for example, it's now Monday and your mother plans to travel to your sister's place this Friday and stay till next Tuesday.
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