Friday, April 6, 2012

adverbs - Can "here" be an adjective?



  • This book here is the one I was talking about.

  • My brother here just bought a new car.




The two examples above have here following a noun. Most dictionaries say "here" is an adverb. I am wondering why it is used as an postnominal adjective in these two sentences.



You may explain that "here" is actually "in here". Then it makes sense. "In here", a prepositional phrase, can modify the noun. I would like to hear what you guys think.

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