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- It was he . . . It was him [duplicate] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It was he who messed up everything It was him who messed up everything What is the difference between these two sentences?
- 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:
- contractions - Does hes mean both he is and he has? - English . . .
@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
- What is he? vs Who is he? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is he? -- Does the question refer to what he is doing for a living? Who is he? -- Does it refer to his name? For example, he is Peter
- Is using he for a gender-neutral third-person correct?
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
- Why is it This is he rather than This is him? [duplicate]
Why is it "This is he" rather than "This is him"? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 13 years, 11 months ago Modified 13 years, 11 months ago
- When do you use talked and spoke? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: What is the difference between “speaking” and “talking”? I'm often befuddled when I am reading an article and the author uses talked with when referring to a conversation he she had I've always used spoke with in such a case and sounds odd to me when used otherwise When is it proper to use talked with or spoke with?
- Difference between havent . . . yet and didnt. . . . yet
Wikipedia has a decent article on past tenses that explains a lot of this To summarise: "They didn't start yet" is the negative form of the simple past, "They started " In the positive form it indicates that the activity happened at some definite known point in the past, and is over and done with now In the negative form this is a more nebulous idea, but in this example it would imply that
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