_Home_, and nouns signifying _distance_, time _when_, _how long_, &c.
are generally governed by a preposition _understood_; as, "The horse ran
a mile;" "He came _home_ last June;" "My friend lived four _years_ at
college;" that is, ran _through the space of_ a mile; or, ran _over a
space called_ a mile; _to_ his home _in_ last June; _during_ four years,
&c.
NOTE 1. The prepositions _to_ and _for_ are often understood,
chiefly before the pronouns; as, "Give [to] _me_ a book; Get [for]
_him_ some paper."
2. _To_ or _unto_, is, by some, supposed to be understood after
_like_ and _unlike_; as, "He is _like_ [unto] his brother; She is
_unlike_ [to] him." Others consider this mode of expression an idiom
of the language, and maintain that _like_ governs the objective
following it.
3. Nouns signifying extension, duration, quantity, quality, or
value, are used without a governing word; as, "The Ohio is one
thousand _miles_ long; She is ten _years_ old; My hat is worth ten
_dollars_." These are sometimes considered anomalies. See page 163.