Adverbs after the verb "BE" in "he has and STILL IS"?

Question

In my grammar book, I saw this:

He has been looking everywhere for you, and he still is.

Why does 'is' stand after an adverb?
I thought that there was a rule that we have to put adverbs after to be.
And one more time, why "is"? Why not like this:

He has been looking for you, and he has still.

Alex_ander · Answer

'Has been looking for' is about an action which continued up to the current moment (it could have stopped or not by the moment of speaking). The final 'is' represents 'is looking for you' (still) in a short manner - that action is (still) going on. You can't say 'is still' since that would mean another thing: 'he doesn't move', but you can put 'still' between the subject and the main verb (there's just one verb 'is' after 'he'). 'Has still' is incorrect here.

Adverbs after the verb "BE" in "he has and STILL IS"?

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