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 …

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 …

2018年7月24日 · "What is he?" asks chiefly for a person's nature, position, or occupation, not his name. "He's a cop [as opposed to a soldier or fireman, say]" or "He's the commander of the …

2022年12月18日 · The noun request takes a for to introduce the object of the request, but the verb request just takes an object; no preposition required: He requested a double Scotch/his …

I've been told that "This is he" or "This is she" is correct, while "This is him" or "This is her" is not. For example: Caller: Hello, may I speak to Bobby Tables? Bobby: This is he. Likewise, "We …

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 …

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 …

Since he had {gone thro/had the experience} of being kidnapped, he did not panic. You meant to say, When he was kidnapped in 1980, he did not panic because we know that in 1980 he had …

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 …

2012年10月16日 · I remember when I was a small child and a logger came to fall a tree in our backyard. The next day, I said "He fell that tree." I was corrected, "No, he felled that tree." …