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Thread #173341   Message #4203261
Posted By: DaveRo
01-Jun-24 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language: 'I forgot my glasses at home.'
Subject: RE: BS: Language: 'I forgot my glasses at home.'
Southern England.

In this case 'at home' - as well as being unusual to the point of unheard of - is ambiguous. Are the forgotten glasses at home, or was the forgetting done at home? Did they remember their glasses, but couldn't find them, or didn't think they'd need them, or didn't think about it? 'At home' is worse than useless.