My doubts regarding 2 sentences "I am home" and "I go fishing"?

Question

No: 1

We normally say “I go fishing”, “I am going fishing” rather than saying “I go for fishing”, “I am going for fishing”.



Why is that so?

Why the preposition “for” is not used before the word “fishing”.

Moreover the word “fishing” is a noun grammatically and not an adverb.

I personally feel that if we say “I go fishing” in that sentence the word “fishing” sounds like an adverb and not a noun.





No: 2

What is the difference between the sentences “I am home” and “I am at home”?

Are there any contextual differences in these two sentences?

Answer 1

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English usage is to employ the word "go" followed by a leisure activity.

"I am home," is often used when the person arrives. It is an announcement that he has entered the house.
"I am at home" is used to refer to whereabouts, ie. I am not at work, I am at home.

Answer 2

er....no difference!

Answer 3

I am Home is American English...very informal and I am at home is British English ( very formal and correct).

So no difference really, they both mean same thing except one is American and other is British.

Answer 4

1. I do not see where the inclusion of the word 'for' would be correct in a sentence unless it was answering a question like "why are you going?" even then I think most people would respond "I am going to fish" or "I am going for the fishing" implying there was something special about it.
I dont see where "I go for fishing" or "I am going for fishing" would sound normal elswhere.
Fishing is grammatically a noun in the dictionary, but it can also be used as a verb, maybe at the same time. (I think you meant that instead of an adverb, as an adverb is something that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb)


2. There is no difference between "I am home" and "I am at home" Im pretty sure at might be a preposition and not necessary.

Answer 5

Nothing. Difference is between Spoken English Language and Writing (Grammatical ) language. Thats all.