Jun 4, 2011 · Usage Note: Using she as a generic or gender-neutral singular pronoun is more common than might be expected, given the continuing debate regarding the parallel use of he. In a 1989 article from the Los Angeles Times, for instance, writer Dan Sullivan notes, "What's wrong with reinventing the wheel?

Sep 18, 2010 · Regarding the usage of "he" in place of "she", this is possible as a backlash against the typical "she" usage: (by a woman) I love my car. He always gets the best service. This isn't really "common", per se, and really only serves as a Take That against men's use of an inanimate she. Another borderline exception is the Judeo-Christian God: God ...

Sep 12, 2020 · It is not needed because the questions could be more concisely put as "Where is she/he?". This redundancy, and the efforts of seventeenth and eighteenth century grammarians to align English with Latin, lead some people to say it is ungrammatical to end with " at ".

For "it is she" pleads that this is probably closer to historical usage, when the ancestor of modern English still had cases, which were most probably applied as in "it is she". // Note that "illa id est" is probably not the way Romans would write it; they'd rather write simply "illa est".

Aug 23, 2011 · Referring to someone as "he" or "she" while they are present is jarring to me, but the example of using someone's name over and over again is not necessary. Let's say I (Tracey) am in a meeting and one person says to another, "You and Tracey can do that project together. Perhaps, you can do the planning and she can do the logistics."

When referring to google ngram, I get 3 possible combinations of she's: She 's She's She has. So my question is should she has be contracted as she 's in the above example like in the examples found from google ngram to avoid confusion? Google ngram hasn't been exactly consistent about this, sometimes using she 's to refer to she is and she has.

No one but she ever made a perfect score on the test. The above sentence is coordinated from the below sentence: No one has ever made a perfect score on the test, but she has made a perfect score on the test. in the same way as "He and she went to the same school" is coordinated from: He went to the same school and she went to the same school.

As such, it gives information about the subject (She, The transaction). The use of the past tense would imply, for example that "She is not married anymore", and consequently single again. married and approved is more the status of the subject after the action of marrying and approving, as the description of the action itself. If it is still ...

May 18, 2013 · In general, when gender is not known, modern grammar textbooks and style guides advise the use of he/she for adult humans and older children, and it when referring to very small children or animals. When gender is known, we should use 'he' or 'she' as applicable, and this is now extended to even the smallest children. Through some pioneering ...

Jul 18, 2022 · She bore a son has the upper hand and is currently skyrocketing. But when you look at the results in google.books , they almost exclusively refer to the Bible. So although it is correct and more common that we would expect, unless your context has religious connotations or you want to sound Victorian, it's safe to use the normal She gave birth ...