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CHAPTER 6<br />
Few people realize there is a special, important technique of studying<br />
grammar: to look for the reasons behind the rules. Here we can see the<br />
word "home" is accepted as a noun for the following reasons.<br />
1. Its outlook suggests that it is a noun.<br />
2. The four positions it occupies show it is a noun.<br />
i) It stands before a verb.<br />
The tiger's home is the jungle.<br />
ii) It comes after a transitive verb.<br />
The new couple made their home in Paris.<br />
iii) It stays behind a linking verb.<br />
My house became my new dog's home.<br />
iv) It follows a preposition.<br />
We were a long way from home.<br />
Yet, "home" in these sentences are not nouns. Don't you know the<br />
reasons?<br />
The home team won.<br />
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