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- When to use shes(short form) and and she is(full form)? What is . . .
The difference is that she's and similar shortened forms are used in colloquial speech, but not in certain cases In your example, she is being emphasised
- Where is she? or Where is she at? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The " at " is redundant 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 "
- Is it correct to say your pronouns are she they or should it be she . . .
In short, "she they" is the most common way for a person to indicate that they go by "she her" or "they them" pronouns, likely with a preference for the former It is not incorrect Note: While "she they" is commonly used by feminine-leaning non-binary people, a great deal of women (both cis and trans) also go by it
- Why does the contraction shes mean she is or 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 . . .
Taken from the Free Online Dictionary: 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?
- He looked the same “as she” or “as her”? [duplicate]
(Whether her or she, and whether technically correct or not, it would still be awkward ) At it stands, the sentence is ambiguous and can mean one of two things: (1) He looked at it in the same way that she did (2) His appearance was the same as hers
- Which is correct: This is her or This is she? [duplicate]
Upon answering the telephone, the person calling asks if Joan is available If Joan is the person who answered the phone, should she say "This is her" or "This is she"?
- pronouns - Referring to objects as she - English Language Usage . . .
Sometimes people are referring to mechanical objects as "she": I love my car She always gets the best service Are there any rules when it is appropriate to use "she" instead of it, and is "he"
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