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Be sure to thank your host and hostess... #1 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:26 am   Be sure to thank your host and hostess...
 

Hi, please have a look at this:

Be sure to thank your host and hostess for having you to their house.
=> Is the usage of "having you to their house" here natural? Or should it be changed into "having you in their house" or "inviting you to their house"?

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Be sure to thank your host and hostess... #2 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:06 am   Be sure to thank your host and hostess...
 

hi nessie

I would say ".........having you over (at their house)"

"having...to" sounds strange to me because it suggest a movement as opposed to the static quality of have.

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