What does "in here" modify?
A. This room is crowded with him in here.
As for sentence A, I think that "in here" modifies "him" because, to me, sentences A is the shortened version of "This room is crowded with him being in here". Here, "being in here" modifies "him".
Am I right in thinking that, in sentence A, "in here" modifies "him"?
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This is similar to some of your previous questions. Depending on context, there are potentially two interpretations of "him in here". The first is that "in here" identifies which person you are referring to.
- This is similar to some of your previous questions.
- Depending on context, there are potentially two interpretations of "him in here".
- The first is that "in here" identifies which person you are referring to.
- The second is that, well, it doesn't.
- The first interpretation is hardly possible in your sentence.
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This is similar to some of your previous questions. Depending on context, there are potentially two interpretations of "him in here". The first is that "in here" identifies which person you are referring to. The second is that, well, it doesn't. The first interpretation is hardly possible in your sentence. If you consider "in here" to "modify" "him" only in the first interpretation, which to m
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