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He is backIs 'back' an adverb, even after verb to 'Be'? Other examples of similar uses, please?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

He is here.
He is in the garden.

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousHe is back (returned)

He is up. (awake and out of bed)
He is up for it. (willing, ready, and enthusiastic to do something, whatever 'it' is)
He is out. (not here)
He is out. (baseball) (has had three strikes; is no longer at bat)
He is away. (not here)
He is gone. (not here)
He is around (somewhere). (not here, but nearby)
He is done. (finished)
He is through. (finished)
He is out of it. (not fully conscious; dazed; not in the know) (possibly intoxicated)
He is off! (has begun the race)
He is down. (boxer) (knocked to the floor)
He is down. (shot or injured) (police work) (criminal, suspect)
He is down. (depressed) (mood)
He is in. (has consented to participate willingly) (in some scheme or project)
He is all in. (very tired; exhausted)
He is right on. (exactly correct in what he says; I agree completely with what he just said.)
It's on. (It's arranged; It will take place.)
It's off. (It has been cancelled; It will not take place.)
It's on. (functioning) (light, heat, water, radio, television,etc.)
It's off. (not functioning) (light, heat, etc.)
It's up. (functioning) (computer, website, electric grid)
It's down. (not functioning) (computer, website, electric grid)
It's up. (assembled) (for use or for display)
It's off. (spoiled; smells bad) (food)
It's out. (revealed; made known) (secret; gossip; news)
It's out. (available for sale) (new product; latest edition of a newspaper)
It's done. (finished cooking; ready to eat)

CJ

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