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Hans51 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A question about "equals"

Here is a kind of silly question but I have been wanting to know for a long time. I think that 'here' is an equal to 'in my country' in 'Here in my country, we are not allowed to smoke in public areas' but I don't think that 'everywhere' is an equal to 'in my food' in 'I put carrots everywhere in my food'.

To make it shorter, "here" is "in my country", but "everywhere" is not "in my food". What do native English speakers think about it?

Thank you as usual for helping me out and have a good day.
  

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You are starting with a false premise. 'Here' does not equal 'in my country'. It might also mean 'in my town', 'in my neighbourhood', or 'in my county'.

— Rover_KE

  • You are starting with a false premise.
  • 'Here' does not equal 'in my country'.
  • It might also mean 'in my town', 'in my neighbourhood', or 'in my county'.
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You are starting with a false premise.

'Here' does not equal 'in my country'.

It might also mean 'in my town', 'in my neighbourhood', or 'in my county'.
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Kwang Hee HanI don't think that 'everywhere' is an equal to 'in my food' in 'I put carrots everywhere in my food'.
Right, but we would say, "I put carrots in everything", meaning in most of the things I cook or eat that might have carrots in them.
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Rover_KEYou are starting with a false premise.
I thought without either 'here' or in my country' is okay to say it like Here, we can do that!!, or In my country, we can do that. So I think we could consider "here" as an equal to "in my country", or "in my town" ,etc. What do you think? Thank you.

PS. How about 'Here on this website, we can study Engli
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If you were saying it in another country, you would not say "here". It is additional information, unless the listener already knows where you are, in which case it's redundant.
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