@mplungjan: But "he's an apple" can be mistaken for "he is an apple", while "he has an apple" might be intended. This rule doesn't work generally, therefore it can hardly be called a rule.
The case of he/him should depend on other considerations, such as, the proper case after the linking verb, "is". It should be simply a matter of which is more correct, It is he Or, It is him My Latin education would have me pick the former. But my knowledge of colloquial English tells me that the phrase, "it was him", is commonly used.
As far as I understand, you use a semi-colon to separate main clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs (however, therefore, moreover, nevertheless, then, thus). And, when you use a conjunctive adverb,...
I know there are different opinions on this issue. My question: Is using "he" for a general, gender-neutral third person still in common use for formal writing? By common use I mean, can I expect my
2 To convert the statement He is from the USA. into a Yes/No question, one moves the first auxiliary verb (is in this example; all forms of be are auxiliaries) to a position before the subject noun phrase (he in this example), and adds a question intonation if speaking, or a question mark if writing. So the result is Is he from the USA?
3 Where is he? Do you know where he is? Yes, I know where he is. The natural subject-predicate order is inverted in special questions (those beginning with an interrogative pronoun such as what, where, etc), but not in object clauses. By object clause I mean a clause that substitutes a single-word object. For example: I know [him]. I know [this ...
Yes, both (s)he and he/she are acceptable abbreviations for usage where space is at a premium and gender of a person is important. s/he is not a common abbreviation, and will confuse more users than the other two.
Grammatically, for he/she/it we use "does" or "doesn't" like in, He doesn't eat meat. but these days I'm observing the usage of the above sentence (especially in American movies) like this, He don't eat meat. So, after a lot of observations, I'm assuming that both usages are correct. My assumption - When to use "don't"? In temporary situations ...
