Sunday, January 30, 2011

Wordsmiths: Is it working "at home" or "from home?"

Interesting article:

Over the past century, “working from home” has completely reversed its sense. To our English-speaking forebears, it meant “working away from home.”

story: boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/01/30/home_sweet_office/

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Interesting. I do think that these days "working at home" implies housework, while "working from home" implies work done in a home office *for* a client or consumer elsewhere.

    But "bored of"? I do not grok that at all.

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