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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Nowhere

In response to a tweet saying “the dam is considered safe”, the fire service said: “Nowhere have we said that the dam is safe now. Work is ongoing, and road closures and evacuations are still in place to preserve life.

(The Guardian.)

What part of speech (category) is "Nowhere" in the passage above? Is it an adverb or a pronoun?

  

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It's an adverb (meaning "in no place"). g. "road to nowhere", where it is a noun/pronoun.

— GPY

  • It's an adverb (meaning "in no place").
  • g.
  • "road to nowhere", where it is a noun/pronoun.
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It's an adverb (meaning "in no place").

Compare: e.g. "road to nowhere", where it is a noun/pronoun.

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