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nobody home, nobody's home

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:01 am
by jeab
A. Nobody home
B. Nobody's home

What is the difference between A and B?

Are both of them mean 'no people stay at home'?

Why is it not 'Nobody is at home'

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:36 am
by bwkcaj_ca
"Nobody is at home" is correct but we often say "Nobody's [is]home"in informal English