[Grammar] Noun, verb or adjective

[ronan200]

It is always winter here, and never Christmas.

In the statement above, is the word "winter" a noun, verb or adjective

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

NOT A TEACHER

Noun.

 

[Barb_D]

Welcome to Using English. You'll find this response quite frequently: What do YOU think?

 

[ronan200]

I taught it may have been an adjective, because "winter" was being used to describe the conditons of the area "here".
Eg., Always winter/cold/freezing here. I'm probably over analyzing it.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

I taught it may have been an adjective, because "winter" was being used to describe the conditons of the area "here".
Eg., Always winter/cold/freezing here. I'm probably over analyzing it.

An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. Is "here" a noun, a pronoun or neither?

 

[ronan200]

In this case it's an adverb. I don't know why I didn't see this sooner. It makes more sense now.

Definition:

Here (adverb)

1. in this place; in this spot or locality: Put the pen here.

Here (noun)
1. this place: It's only a short distance from here.


2. this world; this life; the present: The here and the hereafter are equal mysteries to all people.




Thank you all very much for your help

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

If these definitions are from a dictionary, could you please credit the source?

 

[ronan200]

I found the definition on dictionary referance .com.

Just Google it.

The site wont allow me to post the link, because i don't have more than 10 posts on these fourms.