[Grammar] Which sentence is correct?

[bit3034]

Which of the following statement is correct? I often have a hard time with prepositions.




I have two laptops, one I carry in office while the other remains at home.
or
I have two laptops, one I carry to office while the other remains at home.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Carry something to somewhere' should be correct.

Not a teacher.

 

[lotus888]

I have two laptops, one which I carry to the office while the other remains at home.

I have two laptops, one which I carry around the office while the other remains at home.

I have two laptops, one which I keep in the office while the other remains at home.


Each have a slightly different meaning using different prepositions.




--lotus

 

[MikeNewYork]

In AmE, both sentences need "the" before "office".

 

[emsr2d2]

And in BrE.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Is 'I carry my laptop in my hand to the office' possible?

 

[MikeNewYork]

"In my hand" is not needed.

 

[Exalted Father]

Is it possible to add the determiner “my” before the word “office” to make it more specific?

 

[vestcil]

I think so, not a teacher.

 

[emsr2d2]

In that context, I wouldn't use "carry" at all.

I have two laptops - one I take to work/to the office and the other I leave at home.

I prefer the use of two first person singular verb forms (I take, I leave) to a first person and a third person (I take, remains).