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It is he versus it is him [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . . 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
passive voice - How do sentences like he is said to work? - English . . . I don't think "He is said by people to have stolen motorcycles by New Year's Eve" is actually equivalent to "People say that he will have stolen motorcycles by New Year's Eve " Only the latter is idiomatic when referring to future time
He was telling me that he is going. . . vs. He told me that he is . . . The edited question is harder to answer: He told me or He was telling me would refer to a specific conversation He is telling me or He tells me could be 'historic present'for the same thing, or He tells me could be non-specific, referring to what you gathered from a series of conversations in the past
Which is recommended preferable between (s)he he she? 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
word choice - He would do that, would he? Is this correct? - English . . . In "He would do that, wouldn't he?", the last two words are a standard "question tag" - the whole utterance carries the sense I think he would do that, and I [rhetorically] invite you to agree with me" It's "rhetorical" because the speaker doesn't necessarily expect a reply (though if there is a reply, it's expected to be affirmative)
By foot vs. on foot - English Language Usage Stack Exchange He parked his BMW on the grass verge, punched in the code for his intruder alarm, then crossed the bridge on foot - Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME In American: Definitions walking or running going on; in process An example: And you can use up your excessive energy running after the royesse on foot - Lois McMaster Bujold THE CURSE OF CHALION
Where he is vs Where is he [closed] - English Language Usage . . . 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