- It was he . . . It was him [duplicate] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
So the subject pronoun "he" follows the verb "to be" as follows: It is he This is she speaking It is we who are responsible for the decision to downsize It was he who messed up everything Also, when the word "who" is present and refers to a personal pronoun, such as "he," it takes the verb that agrees with that pronoun Correct: It is I who
- contractions - Does hes mean both he is and he has? - English . . .
He's angry He's been angry But the third one is incorrect You cannot shorten "he has a house" to "he's a house " You can only shorten "he has got a house" to "he's got a house " [Again, note what @Optimal Cynic claims] More examples: Correct: I have an apple Correct: I have got an apple Correct: I've got an apple Incorrect: I've an apple
- Is using he for a gender-neutral third-person correct?
Further discussion including specific arguments against 'purportedly sex-neutral he' and 'she' is found on pp 491-495, noting they are often systematically avoided for good reasons, and marking them with the % sign ('grammatical in some dialect(s) only') It also offers further avoidance strategies, including plural and first-person antecedents
- request or request for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The noun request takes a for to introduce the object of the request, but the verb request just takes an object; no preposition required: He requested a double Scotch his request for a double Scotch – John Lawler
- What time vs At what time - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- How do you make the possessive form with He and I-style subjects?
That is, you and I, he and I, Billy, Joe, and I can all use the pronoun our in order to describe the possessive If you want to form the more complex possessive to show joint ownership, this site explains: When a sentence indicates joint ownership in a compound construction, the possessive form is attached only to the second noun:
- In a tournament, do I get a by, a bye, or a buy?
If there are an odd number of competitors at any stage of a single-elimination tournament, one player is excused from play and continues on as if he had defeated his (nonexistent) opponent This is called "getting a by" Or "getting a bye" Who knows, maybe it's even "getting a buy", although I doubt it
- Rely vs. Relies usage - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This made me more confused than previously If the subject determine which one is correct depending on plural singular how come these contradict each other: 'He relies on her', 'I rely on her', 'you rely on her', 'our car relies on us'
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