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From: danon@ccsg.tau.ac.il (danon gabi)
Subject: Re: "I'm going to the home"?
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HCANNON@macalstr.edu wrote:
: An oddity I've noticed in English --

: I'm going to the hospital.
: I'm going to the Sears Tower.
: I'm going to work.
: I'm going to Chicago.
: I'm going home.
: I'm going downtown.

In Hebrew there's a similar(??) thing: there's a special form of assigning
case which is used only with the words for "home" and "downtown":

ani holex la-avoda ("I'm going to-work")
ani holex le-Tel-Aviv ("I'm going to Tel-Aviv")
ani holex habayt-a ("I'm going home")
ani holex hair-a ("I'm going downtown")


Gabi

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