Go home means to return to the place where you live. Here home already includes the idea of direction, so it takes no to. The same is true with other verbs of movement: come home, get home, walk home.
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go/come/get home (no to); be/stay at home; go back home; go home early/late
- It's late and I'm exhausted, so I think I'll go home now.
- Most international students go home for the winter holidays.
- After the meeting, I decided to walk home instead of taking the bus.
What changed
First versionAfter work I usually go to home by bus.
RevisionAfter work I usually go home by bus.
If you think of home only as a noun, it seems to need to, as in go to school or go to work. But after verbs of movement, home already shows direction and takes no preposition. The correction removes to before home.
At home describes a place, where you are: I work at home on Fridays. Home without a preposition shows direction. Get home means to arrive home: What time did you get home last night?
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We were so tired after the long trip that we went straight ___ and slept.
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home — Went shows movement, so the gap answers the question “where to?”, and the answer is home. At home answers the question “where?” and does not fit after went.
Describe a typical work or study day. Say what time you go home and what you do at home in the evening.
I usually go home at six and spend the evening at home cooking dinner and reading.
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