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Re: Cases and Prepositions (amongst others)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 7, 2000, 22:48
From: dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...>
 In Northern
>Utah it is common to hear things like "We were (over) to Mom and >Dad's this morning" or "He's (over) to the dairy right now". I >usually hear (and say) this with the 'over', but I've heard it >without as well.>
In my schooldays, way back when, such locutions were no-nos-- rural, stigmatized. But OK with "to go".