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[OculisOrbis]

Is that correct or no?

My student asked me to explain if it was ok to directly replace the pronoun in Here he comes." to "Here the teacher comes."

I showed her:

Here comes the teacher.
The teacher comes here.
and maybe Here, the teacher comes.

My reasoning was this:

The dog ran quickly.
The dog quickly ran.
Quickly, the dog ran.

The adverb 'quickly' gives additional info. In her example "here" is also additional info so is it possible to place "here' in her sentences the same way an adverb can be placed in a sentence?

I think her way just feels awkward, but I also see her point. I don't know.

Thanks.

[spliff]

[Bibbitybop]

Many people say "Here the teacher comes" when the a teacher is arriving. Grammatically correct? I dunno. Used a lot in the USA? For sure.

You can also think about different situations where this is correct and the meaning of "comes" is changed, but hopefully you are using these with attractive, adult students.

[wylies99]

[Bibbitybop]

Student: "Hide the dope, man, here the teacher comes!"

It probably differs from region to region, but I heard it quite a bit.

[wylies99]

I'm surprised the OP even has to ask.

[blackjack]

maybe when explaining a book, play or prank . (look) here, the teacher comes in and ...

[wylies99]

[supernaut]

[Bibbitybop]

[Jizzo T. Clown]

"Here he comes" doesn't seem grammatically correct anyway because we don't use the simple present to talk about things that are happening now (or do we?)... If we changed the word order to "He comes here" (same sentence pattern: subject-intransitive verb), we would assume that the teacher frequents this place.

"The teacher is coming!" sounds much more appropriate. When I encounter a situation like this, I just say that it's an "idiomatic expression" or chalk it up to "usage."