Here was
Hello:
Does "here" in "here was" make a reference to an element of surprise
present in the event, in comparison with the plain "was?"
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[He revisits these places after many years]
And then suddenly, unlikeliest of all, behind the huddle of the Lupins'
leprechaun houses, here was Duignan's lane, rutted as it always was,
ambling between tangled hedges of hawthorn and dusted-over brambles.
The Sea, by John Banville, p. 38
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu
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