It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office. (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

No, actually it's not even tickling any resemblance of confusion

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

You're clearly fluent if you describe "tickling any resemblance" of an effect. Learners would likely say something akin to "make me confused" or similar or less.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe, I don't know what counts as fluent. But I am learning

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