Posted by MattsRiceBowl on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 12:28am.
indeed, it is 'just because' .... one of the irregularities of the English language, in some countries, 'I am going to home' is actually common
Actually, after a little searching, I found an answer that makes sense and fits even the dictionary.
In that case, home works as an adverb to mean "to home" or "at home."
That sounds right. I've noticed that the words that came into modern English from middle or old English or earlier have these little quirks.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm
This is an extensive discussion about prepositions - what to use, when to use them, when not to use them.
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