16 Jan 2011 — Here/There
Is the speaker in two places at once?
I am not here in my office. I am working in room 226.
Click the option(s) that improve(s) the sentence.
I am not there in my office. I am working here in room 226.
I was there in my office. I am now here in room 226.
Please go to room 226 to find me.
deictic (noun) – indicating identity, time, or location from the perspective of one or more speakers Deictics are how we change a sentence from one person's perspective to another person's perspective: You can come here tonight. → He said that I could go there that night. (I/you, come/go, here/there, this/ that, today/ yesterday/ tonight)