Talk:here
Kept. See archived discussion of February 2009. 07:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
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RFV of etymology 2, the "army, enemy" senses. I can only find the historical "an army in the Anglo-Saxon era" sense, and that only italicized to indicate that it's the Old/Middle English word. - -sche (discuss) 20:04, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
RFV-failed. (We already have it as a Middle English word} Kiwima (talk) 21:28, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
is here
[edit]Perhaps is here is an idiom with a special meaning along the lines of "has arrived".
- #Flu season was here.
- #Flu season is right here.
—Suzukaze-c◇◇ 21:49, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
What meaning is used in neither here nor there? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:39, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- Neither in this place nor in that place. It's a metaphor, a figure of speech. You are taking it too literally. Equinox ◑ 17:40, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Hence/hither as ablative/lative cases, respectively
[edit]ablative reads
Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.