- grammar - Where is she? or Where is she at? - English Language Usage . . .
It is not needed because the questions could be more concisely put as "Where is she he?" This redundancy, and the efforts of seventeenth and eighteenth century grammarians to align English with Latin, lead some people to say it is ungrammatical to end with " at "
- etymology - Can we say that he and she are cognates? - English . . .
You asked two three questions Are he and she cognate? The text you copied from etymonline says that he derives from Old English he, which derives originally from a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root *ki—, whereas she derives from the feminine form sio of Old English se meaning "the" or "that", which according to the OED derives from a reconstructed P I E root *so–
- Which is correct: This is her or This is she? [duplicate]
For "it is she" pleads that this is probably closer to historical usage, when the ancestor of modern English still had cases, which were most probably applied as in "it is she" Note that "illa id est" is probably not the way Romans would write it; they'd rather write simply "illa est"
- Why does the contraction shes mean she is or she has?
When referring to google ngram, I get 3 possible combinations of she's: She 's She's She has So my question is should she has be contracted as she 's in the above example like in the examples found from google ngram to avoid confusion? Google ngram hasn't been exactly consistent about this, sometimes using she 's to refer to she is and she has
- word usage - Reason for the current trend to use «she» as the gender . . .
Usage Note: Using she as a generic or gender-neutral singular pronoun is more common than might be expected, given the continuing debate regarding the parallel use of he In a 1989 article from the Los Angeles Times, for instance, writer Dan Sullivan notes, "What's wrong with reinventing the wheel?
- Different pronunciations of shes depending on the meaning
I've always thought that she's is pronounced with a long [i:] only when it's used emphatically, regardless of its meaning For example, 1 She's not coming with us (she is, [i]) 2 She's been doing well (she has, [i]) 3 She's the one who stole your keys (she is, emphatic, [i:]) 4 I don't have your keys She's got them (she has, emphatic, [i:])
- Using the pronouns he and she for animals
In general, when gender is not known, modern grammar textbooks and style guides advise the use of he she for adult humans and older children, and it when referring to very small children or animals When gender is known, we should use 'he' or 'she' as applicable, and this is now extended to even the smallest children Through some pioneering
- pronouns - Referring to objects as she - English Language Usage . . .
Regarding the usage of "he" in place of "she", this is possible as a backlash against the typical "she" usage: (by a woman) I love my car He always gets the best service This isn't really "common", per se, and really only serves as a Take That against men's use of an inanimate she Another borderline exception is the Judeo-Christian God: God
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