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- 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"
- 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?
- 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
- 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:])
- 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
- parts of speech - her: a determiner or a pronoun? - English Language . . .
Possessive form of 'she': This is her pen; She is her mother Object form of 'she': Give it to her; I know her For simplicity, please let me refer to the first form of her as possessive she and the second form of she as object she The object she is surely a pronoun But the case of possessive she is confusing
- 为什么是Her而不是She? - 知乎
译成中文的话 her 和 she 都是"她"。 但这两个字的用法不一样。举个例子，你自己感受一下。 She killed someone last night "她昨晚杀了人。" Someone killer her last night "昨晚有人杀了她。" 在动词后的"她"是HER 句子中做出动词那动作的"她"是SHE，一般出现在句子的前头。
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