Where is she? or Where is she at? - English Language & Usage …
Sep 12, 2020 · 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 …
Why does the contraction "she's" mean she is or she has?
So my question is should she has be contracted as she 's in the above example like in the examples found from google ngram to avoid confusion? Google ngram hasn't been exactly …
Different pronunciations of "she's" depending on the meaning
Possibly the difference is cadence. When words are emphasized, the emphasis is some difference in any or all of: volume, pitch, duration, and shape. So when she's is unemphasized …
etymology - Can we say that "he" and "she" are cognates?
Aug 30, 2012 · Are he and she cognate? The text you copied from etymonline says that he derives from Old English he, which derives originally from a reconstructed Proto-Indo …
pronouns - He looked the same “as she” or “as her”? - English …
Dec 15, 2018 · 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 …
word usage - Reason for the current trend to use «she» as the …
Jun 4, 2011 · 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 …
"Agree on" vs. "agree with" vs. "agree to" - English Language
Jul 6, 2012 · The object is the difference. When you agree with someone/something, it means you accept the point of someone/something. I agree with you. Matt does not agree with my …
Using the pronouns "he" and "she" for animals
May 18, 2013 · In general, when gender is not known, modern grammar textbooks and style guides advise the use of he/she for adult humans and older children, and it when referring to …
Which animals can and can't be prefixed with "she-"?
Can you give me an animal that can't be prefixed by she-? Certainly she-wolf is used a lot more often than she-lion, while wolf and lion are roughly equal in frequency. But is she-lion incorrect?
It was he ... / It was him [duplicate] - English Language & Usage …
Jan 7, 2016 · It was he who messed up everything. It was him who messed up everything. What is the difference between these two sentences?