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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
- What is he? vs Who is he? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"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 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
- 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)
- grammar - Difference between to and to the - English Language . . .
"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 category You wouldn't say, "When in airport, never leave baggage unattended" but you could say, "He went to school to be an air traffic controller"
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