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- It was he . . . It was him [duplicate] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
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 hes mean both he is and he has? - English . . .
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
- He doesnt vs He dont - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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
- Is using he for a gender-neutral third-person correct?
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
- Idiom for the phrase someone who gets what he deserved
"{He she} {is at peace is in a better place is with God has gone to live with the Lord}" Presumably, those who accept this kind of delusional or self-deluding nonsense at face value are also those who are most likely to believe in astrology tarot fortune-telling lucky numbers crystal divination supernatural deities any of
- punctuation - When is there no comma after he says? - English . . .
To use you example: 'He said, "I'll be there in ten minutes ' requires a comma If, however, you're quoting someone mid-sentence you only need the comma if it's a full sentence For a short phrase like "just drive" that fits neatly into the sentence, the comma isn't necessary and neither is the capitalization
- grammaticality - In spite of several reminders, he **DID** not so far . . .
"In spite of several reminders,he DID not so far send any reply to my letters " here so far denotes the process is continuous in the present also , so it is the process of present continuous tense not past tense, Thus HAS is used not DID if the sentence is "In spite of several reminders,he DID not send any reply to my letters in past month "
- Is He is risen Correct? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
He is risen is perceived in modern English as a predicate adjective, but it is technically an archaic present perfect construction from Matthew 28:6: He is not here: for he is risen, as he said Come, see the place where the Lord lay KJV Bible Gateway Emphasis mine
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