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i am returning home vs i am returning to home

'I am returning home' is correct and more commonly used in English. 'I am returning to home' is less common and sounds a bit awkward. It is more natural to say 'I am returning home' when referring to going back to one's place of residence.
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i am returning home

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone is going back to their place of residence or the place they consider home.

Examples:

  • After a long trip, I am returning home.
  • She missed her family and was excited to be returning home.
  • I am looking forward to returning home after work.
  • He felt a sense of relief when returning home after a stressful day.
  • The soldier was finally returning home after months of deployment.
  • Snowflake and frost fairies returning home for...
  • Humanity's children are returning home... today.
  • We must provide good guidance for refugees returning home.
  • Second, as peace leads to greater security throughout the country, refugees from neighbouring countries are returning home.
  • And here she is again returning home from yet another late night looking absolutely fabulous.
  • You're returning home with your unit at 0800 tomorrow.
  • Sadly, she will not be returning home.
  • Intended to stay in London for one night before returning home to Cardiff.
  • There's no evidence of where she'd been before returning home.
  • On returning home, I found an email from Mara.
  • Planned to spend a single night in London before returning home.
  • I do not understand why you ever returning home.
  • On returning home, the witness Bauchiero recalls...
  • Whatever happens nothing beats returning home safely
  • These actions terrorized the local population and deterred people from returning home.
  • Subject: Measures to help unemployed Romanians returning home
  • Your son is not returning home as a contender to the throne.
  • On her Internet website she gives her reasons for returning home.
  • I'm returning home to Colchis.
  • French troops will be returning home.

Alternatives:

  • I am going home
  • I am heading home
  • I am coming home
  • I am going back home
  • I am on my way home

i am returning to home

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase can be used to indicate the action of going back to one's place of residence, but it sounds a bit awkward and less natural compared to 'I am returning home.'
  • We still don't know why you were so late returning to home tonight.
  • Snowflake and frost fairies returning home for...
  • Humanity's children are returning home... today.
  • We must provide good guidance for refugees returning home.
  • Commander to base, I am returning to refuel.
  • I am returning to my profession that I was removed from.
  • This is my announcement - I am returning to Rotterdam.
  • I am returning to Mr Klein's petition.
  • - Yes, we're returning to your home town.
  • Mr. Chandler shall be returning to his home country with me.
  • FEMA is assisting thousands of evacuees returning to their homes.
  • I am returning to Vulcan within the hour.
  • - I am returning to Trinidad to liberate my brothers and sisters from the enslavement of the British colonialists.
  • Yes, I am returning to my world in which there will be no evil any more.
  • We also ask in this regard - and I am returning to the debate on subsidiarity - for greater political commitment from the 15 national parliaments.
  • I am returning to Canada, no one is going to kill me.
  • Some of you mentioned that it is unclear what role I am returning to.
  • But foremost were images of returning to his childhood home.
  • The security situation is absolutely unsatisfactory and an important indicator for this is that hardly any of the IDPs and refugees are returning to their homes.
  • Across Europe, many senior citizens are returning to their home countries having spent most of their working lives in another EU Member State.

Alternatives:

  • I am returning home
  • I am going home
  • I am heading home
  • I am coming home
  • I am going back home

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