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- Where is she? or Where is she at? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The " at " is redundant 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 "
- She was in or on the show? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
She was in on the drama when the conman showed up at the stage door If you are an actor in something, it's in: She was in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof She was in the movie Cat On a Hot Tin Roof She was in several West End plays VERSUS" to be on TV to be on the radio to be on tv or the radio just means that a person has been recorded in that medium
- When to use shes(short form) and and she is(full form)? What is . . .
The difference is that she's and similar shortened forms are used in colloquial speech, but not in certain cases In your example, she is being emphasised
- Is it correct to say your pronouns are she they or should it be she . . .
In short, "she they" is the most common way for a person to indicate that they go by "she her" or "they them" pronouns, likely with a preference for the former It is not incorrect Note: While "she they" is commonly used by feminine-leaning non-binary people, a great deal of women (both cis and trans) also go by it
- Why does the contraction shes mean she is or she has?
So as grammarians do you think the contracted form of she has should be she 's? More importantly, are there rules for contracting words? Say, if I wanted to express She was as a contraction could it also be she 's or she's: She's* tired *Although is and was are both be verbs, both have tenses relating to different time periods - the present and
- Isnt it? vs. isnt she? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
That is the woman who married Tony, isn't it? That is the woman who married Tony, isn't she? Are both sentences correct? If they are, what is the difference in meaning?
- subjects - Should I use her or she? - English Language Usage . . .
Should I use "her" or "she"? I think both of them are okay If "her" is used, I'll perceive the sentence as "Everyone likes you, but everyone does not like her"; using "she", I'll perceive the sentence as "Everyone likes you, but she does not like you " Please tell me which one is correct, or if neither of them are correct
- word usage - Reason for the current trend to use «she» as the gender . . .
Taken from the Free Online Dictionary: 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?
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