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- What is he? vs Who is he? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Normally, "Who is he?" asks a person's name, or possibly his position or occupation "Who is he?" "He's Joe He's a cop " "What is he?" asks chiefly for a person's nature, position, or occupation, not his name "What is he?" "He's a cop [as opposed to a soldier or fireman, say]" or "He's the commander of the submarine" or "He [Spock] is a Vulcan "
- 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
- grammar - It is he versus it is him - English Language Usage . . .
It is he I relate to most of all Or, It is him I relate to most of all I believe that in neither of the two sentences do the words "him" or "he" act as a relative pronoun, for the simple reason that they are not relative pronouns Instead, both sentences have an implicit relative pronoun
- pronouns - It was he him who whom I voted for. - English Language . . .
It was he him who whom I voted for The question here covers something similar, but it doesn't have the disagreement where the "he" behaves like an object in the second clause and a subject in the first Which of these sentences sounds more grammatical? It was he who I voted for It was he whom I voted for It was him who I voted for
- pronouns - We, he and I vs. us, him and me - English Language Usage . . .
Ignoring all the aspects mentioned in F E ’s comment, the sentence would be much improved by getting rid of the cleft sentence: “He finally noticed that we—Kim and I—are the ones who always turn in our reports on time” is much simpler, flows better, and does not have any problematic pronouns to give you grey hairs –
- punctuation - He then vs Then He vs Then, He -- conjunctive . . .
He went to the store Then, he went home If you omit the comma, the sentence is still correct, but the pacing is different: He went to the store Then he went home You can also say: He went to the store and then he went home (no comma) or He went to the store; then he went home (no comma)
- 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
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