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Fire1 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Can "here" postmodify a noun phrase?

?A. The question here is a complex one.

B. Can I have another piece of cake here.

C. I began to understand the power of touch and how it is needed by people everywhere

D. Indeed, people everywhere were forced to confront those earliest disciples

E. This lively power of imagining in the first person , as seen in the yukar , must once have been enjoyed by people everywhere in Japan.

Q1) In A and B, is "here" grammatically modifying "the question" and "another piece of cake"?

Q2) In C,D,E, is "everywhere" grammatically modifying "people"?

I'm not sure whether "here" and "everywhere" can be used like in the sentences as a postmodifier.

  

Top answer

Here and everywhere are adverbs of place. B. Can I have another piece of cake here?

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  • Here and everywhere are adverbs of place.
  • B.
  • Can I have another piece of cake here?
  • = Can I have another piece of cake on my plate?
  • C.
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Here and everywhere are adverbs of place.

B. Can I have another piece of cake here? = Can I have another piece of cake on my plate?

C. I began to understand the power of touch and how it is needed by people (who are) everywhere.

Some (substandard) dialects of English use "here" as a noun modifier.

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fire1 Can "here" postmodify a noun phrase?

Yes. That happens in your sentence A.

The reference is to the question (which is) here, not the question (which is) somewhere else.

fire1Q1) In A and B, is "here" grammatically modifying "the question" and "an
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