
It was he ... / It was him [duplicate] - English Language & Usage …
2016年1月7日 · So the subject pronoun "he" follows the verb "to be" as follows: It is he. This is she speaking. It is we who are responsible for the decision to downsize. It was he who messed up everything. Also, when the word "who" is present and refers to a personal pronoun, such as "he," it takes the verb that agrees with that pronoun. Correct: It is I who ...
contractions - Does "he's" mean both "he is" and "he has"?
2012年2月23日 · He's angry. He's been angry. But the third one is incorrect. You cannot shorten "he has a house" to "he's a house." You can only shorten "he has got a house" to "he's got a house." [Again, note what @Optimal Cynic claims] More examples: Correct: I have an apple. Correct: I have got an apple. Correct: I've got an apple. Incorrect: I've an apple.
Is using "he" for a gender-neutral third-person correct?
2011年6月19日 · Further discussion including specific arguments against 'purportedly sex-neutral he' and 'she' is found on pp. 491-495, noting they are often systematically avoided for good reasons, and marking them with the % sign ('grammatical in some dialect(s) only'). It also offers further avoidance strategies, including plural and first-person antecedents.
"Why didn't he" vs. "Why did not he" [duplicate]
1 - It is "Why did he not come to work?" 2 -The shortened form is "Why didn't he come to work?" This is something that confuses learners. But almost everybody discovers by reading that in the long form (1) "did" and "not" don't stand together. Everybody has to learn this except Germans who say it in the same way. I mean the long form.
"He doesn't" vs "He don't" - English Language & Usage Stack …
He doesn't eat meat. He don't eat meat. And remove the contraction: He does not eat meat. He do not eat meat. Now we can see very clearly that the latter is grammatically incorrect. Whether you should use doesn't or don't depends on whether the subject is singular or plural: He doesn't speak French. They don't speak French.
When to use "is" and "was" for thing that has happened?
Examples: "He is married". (The state of being married) "He was married in the late summer 10 years ago". (The celebration of the transition from unmarried to married) "He was married" (More ambiguous, but most likely he's no longer alive, his partner is no longer alive, or he is divorced, etc. Unless you specify a specific time it most likely ...
grammar - Difference between "to" and "to the" - English …
2015年5月8日 · "He comes from a good home." "Canada is the home of cajun cooking." Airport is always used with an article. "Take me to the airport." Airport is never used to refer to a class or category. You wouldn't say, "When in airport, never leave baggage unattended" but you could say, "He went to school to be an air traffic controller"
In which cases would you say, "I am seeing" instead of "I see"?
2010年11月30日 · "He is seeing the movie." or, "I am seeing myself in the mirror." Rather, in these cases, we use the simple present tense: "I see you!" "Do you see that crazy guy over there?" Furthermore, using achievement verbs in the progressive tense means that the action is repeated (iterative): "Why is he kicking the door?" or, "I'm catching butterflies!"
Is there a synonym / analogue to "he said, she said" that allows a ...
"He said, she said" has a sense that not only does an interaction look different from the two sides, but of an imbroglio. There are a couple of moments I can think of that are "he said, she said" in the sense of two different experienced incidents for the two sides, but not in the sense of a nasty conflict where it is tangled to unravel what ...
Usage of "he himself" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2010年10月19日 · Not getting into "he himself", there should definitely be a comma after because: "unless he himself wants to turn evil" is interrupting the clause beginning with because – Kosmonaut Commented Oct 19, 2010 at 22:33