Learn English – “go home straight” or “go straight home”

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Which one of the following is the proper usage below?

"go home straight"

or

"go straight home"?

thanks.

Best Answer

Straight is a specialized adverb that can pre-modify prepositions.

  • straight in
  • straight past
  • straight up
  • straight out
  • straight home

It can't pre-modify adverbs:

  • *straight beautifully

Home is usually a preposition in English (- although there is a noun home too). In the Original Poster's example we need:

  • Go straight home.

Straight always pre-modifies prepositions. It must therefore occur before home.

[Now We could say:

  • Go home straight.

But here straight would be an adjective, it would be describing the subject of the verb you. It has the same structure as:

  • Go home tired.
  • Go home happy.
  • Go home straight.

The adjective straight has several meanings, but one of them is sober or not drunk. So go home straight might be understood as:

  • Go home sober!]
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