Adverbs and cringe (English lesson)

"cringe" is such a varying word in the modern century, it triples as a verb, noun and adjective all in one.

Oh no, now cringe doesn't look like a word anymore. :persevere:

And that means the same thing for millennial!

We've come full circle.

... I don't think I've ever used "cringe" as an adjective. I see the "__ is cringe" as something akin to "'insert person here' is talking", or, "I am here". Here is a noun.

Cringy is an adjective.

The full circle mainly was in post 34 and the posts leading up to it.

Yes, I was talking about CRINGE, not CRINGY.

:snap: forum has turned into:
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Huh? Are you saying that the word "here" is a noun? No, it's an adjective ("I am here") or an adverb ("I program here").

As an academic you must know how tricky it may be to speak out on subject matter outside one’s own specialism. Perhaps linguists know the ins and outs?

So it turns out the matter is disputed, and you are apparently taking a middle position, “here” (adv.).

Okay, yes, in "the here and now" it's a noun. But in "I am here," your example, it's a predicate adjective.

I think "disputed" is putting it strongly. I'm sure all those dictionary writers would agree that "here" can be used in all those ways, but they choose to highlight the most common usage(s).

No, I'm wrong, those Cambridge Dictionary people are just confused. For example, they say "here" can be used after a preposition. But things after prepositions are nouns. I think they're just too committed to assigning a word to only one part of speech.

P.S. I'm always right; I'm a teacher.

… and if not, rule 1 applies, right?

I hadda reread this entire long thread to find a "rule 1" in it!

Sure, there might be a better teacher. (I know many better teachers!) But, as between a teacher and a layperson, the teacher is always right. ;~)

BUT! he used "here" at the end for "where do we go from here?", EXACTLY LIKE HOW I WAS USING IT!
Of course, I have no idea that a whole back-and-forth would ensue JUST BECAUSE OF 1 THING I SAID!!!!!!!

I'm lost.

English is confusing my new question is what is the easiest language like that is phonetic unlike English and it’s easy