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- 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
- 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?
- pronouns - When to use shes (short form) and and she is (full form . . .
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
- 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"?
- He looked the same “as she” or “as her”? [duplicate]
If the pronoun is seen as a clause reduced to a single element, the choice depends on style In formal style, it appears as the nominative "she", as in the unreduced clause "He looked the same as she looked" But informal style has accusative "me" (though the verb cannot be added) You could avoid the choice altogether by retaining a verb: "He looked the same as she did does" An alternative
- 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"
- Is is been a valid construction? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
She has been feeling a little depressed The compiler has failed to compile the code A similar use is found in the first sentence of this answer on StackOverflow That was my question about Java Server Pages (JSP) Do the first group of sentences add some extra meaning, or they are just used in a fashionable manner, or something else involved?
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