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- It was he . . . It was him [duplicate] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
So the subject pronoun "he" follows the verb "to be" as follows: It is he This is she speaking It is we who are responsible for the decision to downsize It was he who messed up everything Also, when the word "who" is present and refers to a personal pronoun, such as "he," it takes the verb that agrees with that pronoun Correct: It is I who
- What is he? vs Who is he? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"What is he?" asks chiefly for a person's nature, position, or occupation, not his name "He's a cop [as opposed to a soldier or fireman, say]" or "He's the commander of the submarine" or "He [Spock] is a Vulcan "
- grammar - It is he versus it is him - English Language Usage . . .
It is he I relate to most of all Or, It is him I relate to most of all I believe that in neither of the two sentences do the words "him" or "he" act as a relative pronoun, for the simple reason that they are not relative pronouns Instead, both sentences have an implicit relative pronoun
- He doesnt vs He dont - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
He doesn't eat meat He don't eat meat And remove the contraction: He does not eat meat He do not eat meat Now we can see very clearly that the latter is grammatically incorrect Whether you should use doesn't or don't depends on whether the subject is singular or plural: He doesn't speak French They don't speak French
- contractions - Does hes mean both he is and he has? - English . . .
He's angry He's been angry But the third one is incorrect You cannot shorten "he has a house" to "he's a house " You can only shorten "he has got a house" to "he's got a house " [Again, note what @Optimal Cynic claims] More examples: Correct: I have an apple Correct: I have got an apple Correct: I've got an apple Incorrect: I've an apple
- grammar - Difference between to and to the - English Language . . .
"He comes from a good home " "Canada is the home of cajun cooking " Airport is always used with an article "Take me to the airport " Airport is never used to refer to a class or category You wouldn't say, "When in airport, never leave baggage unattended" but you could say, "He went to school to be an air traffic controller"
- 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:
- etymology - Is I be, grammatically correct? - English Language . . .
He is;(8) ----- They be (8)"I think it 'be thine' indeed, for thou liest in it " Shakespear, Hamlet Be
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