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- It was he . . . It was him [duplicate] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It was he who messed up everything It was him who messed up everything What is the difference between these two sentences?
- pronouns - Who (m) will it be? vs. Will it be he him? - English . . .
These are just "Who is it?" and "Is it he him?" put into future tense So the first one is clearly "who" For the second one, it is usually "him" in informal English, but some pedants will tell you that it should be "he" The pedants who originally came up with this rule were applying Latin grammar to English
- 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
- What is he? vs Who is he? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is he? -- Does the question refer to what he is doing for a living? Who is he? -- Does it refer to his name? For example, he is Peter
- verbs - Whats the difference between I look forward to and Im . . .
Even though he knew it would be difficult and unpleasant, he still looked forward to having a heart-to-heart conversation with her The sentence I'm looking forward cannot be interpreted to mean eagerly awaiting, as it would have to be followed by to_ Thus, it can only mean one thing: I am directing my gaze (or view) forward where forward is
- He doesnt vs He dont - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Grammatically, for he she it we use "does" or "doesn't" like in, He doesn't eat meat but these days I'm observing the usage of the above sentence (especially in American movies) like this, He don't eat meat So, after a lot of observations, I'm assuming that both usages are correct My assumption - When to use "don't"? In temporary situations
- Will be doing vs. will do - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Note that the common African-American dialect has a version of be that works just like this pair for present tense ("he be eating cakes" vs "he is eating cakes") The two forms have the same distinction you mention I just love that construction, but sadly can't use it when speaking outside that community
- We, he and I vs. us, him and me - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The sentence is, Our Supervisor finally noticed that it was we, Kim and I, who always turn in our reports on time Should it actually be you and me or you and I?
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