here and there

We use here for the place where the speaker/writer is, and there for other places.

• (on the telephone) ‘Hello, is Tom there?’ ‘No, I’m sorry, he’s not here.’ (not … he’s not there.)
• Don’t stay there in the corner by yourself. Come over here and talk to us.

Note that here and there cannot normally be used as nouns.

• This place is terrible.
• It is terrible here. (but not Here is terrible.)
• Did you like that place? Did you like it there? (but not Did you like there?)

note

There are similar differences between this and that (see here), come and go (see here) and bring and take (see here).

For here’s and there’s followed by plural nouns, (see here).

For inverted word order after here and there, (see here).

For Here you are, (see here).