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- abbreviations - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Wikipedia lists both as usable and includes HES to boot: Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) – also Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) or HES – is often used as the name of a department in corporations and government agencies If you are referring to a specific department, you should obviously use their name
- contractions - Does hes mean both he is and he has? - English . . .
Yes and no You do use "he's" for "he is" and "he has" You do use "he's got something" for "he has got something " You do not use "he's something" for "he has something " [Note that according to @Optimal Cynic this is allowed in some parts of the world] Therefore the first two sentences you proposed are correct: He's angry He's been angry But the third one is incorrect You cannot shorten
- He Isnt She Isnt V. S. Hes Not Shes Not [duplicate]
No there is not Or no there's not :) Isn't is a contraction of "is not" He's she's is a contraction of "she is he is" They are just different ways of writing the same sentence
- What type of question is Hes right behind me, isnt he?
I think maybe his example and possibly other examples of this type of question are indeed tag questions but I don't think it's what he's asking about
- He Him His VS She Her Her - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
For the possessive pronouns his and her, Wiktionary gives the Proto-Germanic forms as *hes and *hezōz respectively The "objective" pronouns him and her are etymologically derived from dative-case forms, which Wiktionary gives as *himmai and *hezōi in Proto-Germanic
- etymology - Bobs your uncle . . . no hes not! - English Language . . .
Susan, Fanny's your aunt did not originate from Pirates of the caribbean I am 43 and have used the saying 'Bob's your uncle, fanny's your aunt!' since I was very little It is a saying which has been around for over a hundred years
- colloquialisms - Hes good people. Just him. The one guy - English . . .
I think this is a Midwestern thing, but where does the phrase "good people" come from? I'm referring specifically to the usage: "I like Bob He's good people "
- etymology - How did sand come to mean courage pluck? - English . . .
How come sand means courage pluck? There isn't much information available on the Internet regarding its etymology With word etymologies I think the buck stops with the redoubtable World Wide Words, but in this case it doesn't sound thoroughly convincing: Sand here has just the same sense as the older grit, clear grit, or true grit, that refer to a person who has strength of character, pluck
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