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- Does hes mean both he is and he has? [closed]
Yes and no You do use "he's" for "he is" and "he has" You do use "he's got something" for "he has got something " You do not use "he's something" for "he has something " [Note that according to @Optimal Cynic this is allowed in some parts of the world] Therefore the first two sentences you proposed are correct: He's angry He's been angry But the third one is incorrect You cannot shorten
- colloquialisms - Hes good people. Just him. The one guy - English . . .
I think this is a Midwestern thing, but where does the phrase "good people" come from? I'm referring specifically to the usage: "I like Bob He's good people "
- abbreviations - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Wikipedia lists both as usable and includes HES to boot: Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) – also Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) or HES – is often used as the name of a department in corporations and government agencies If you are referring to a specific department, you should obviously use their name
- What type of question is Hes right behind me, isnt he?
The answer to what type if question this is, in the sense that you are asking it, depends on how much information related to the answer the asker has If the asker has little information then this can be considered a closed, factual question If the asker has enough information that he should be able to surmise the answer this could be a rhetorical question Using the example above of a sitcom
- etymology - How did sand come to mean courage pluck? - English . . .
How come sand means courage pluck? There isn't much information available on the Internet regarding its etymology With word etymologies I think the buck stops with the redoubtable World Wide Words, but in this case it doesn't sound thoroughly convincing: Sand here has just the same sense as the older grit, clear grit, or true grit, that refer to a person who has strength of character, pluck
- He Isnt She Isnt V. S. Hes Not Shes Not [duplicate]
Is there a difference in usage between "he isn't" "she isn't" and "he's not" "she's not"? I think "he's not" and "she's not" are stronger because they put more emphasis on the word "not" than "he
- word usage - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I found the phrase, “he’s always playing chess when others are playing checkers,” in today’s (September 11) article of the New York Times, written by Charles Blow under the headline of “It’s a Mad,
- He Him His VS She Her Her - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
For the possessive pronouns his and her, Wiktionary gives the Proto-Germanic forms as *hes and *hezōz respectively The "objective" pronouns him and her are etymologically derived from dative-case forms, which Wiktionary gives as *himmai and *hezōi in Proto-Germanic
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