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Adverbs of place : here, there

Two very important adverbs of place. Let's have a closer look at them:

here, there can be followed by be/come/go + noun subject:

  • Here's Tom.      
  • There's Ann.      
  • Here comes the police.
  • There goes our bus.

We place here or there as above in order to give more stress to the sentence. Also, the meaning is different.  Compare:

a)

Johny is here - means that he is in this room/town etc.

Here's Johny - implies that he has just appeared.

b)

Johny comes here - means that it is his habit to come to this place.

Here comes Johny- implies that he is just arriving/has just arrived.

If the subject is a personal pronoun, it precedes the verb in the usual way:

  • There they are.      
  • Here it comes.  
  • Here we come.


But someone and something follow the verb:

  • There's someone who can help you.

 

See also: somewhere and anywhere


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