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- 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
- 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
- He doesnt vs He dont - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Grammatically, for he she it we use "does" or "doesn't" like in, He doesn't eat meat but these days I'm observing the usage of the above sentence (especially in American movies) like this, He don't eat meat So, after a lot of observations, I'm assuming that both usages are correct My assumption - When to use "don't"? In temporary situations
- Why do we say he doesnt know him from Adam?
Why do you think that He doesn't know him from his schooldays means that he does know him? It would only have that sense if you added something like In fact, he first met him at university
- In he returned yesterday, does yesterday modify returned or he . . .
Consider the sentences He returned yesterday and met up with me today and Yesterday, he returned and was greeted by Skippy (comma required)
- How does he does do that? [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
How does he does that? How does he do that? Which one is correct? This type of sentence sounds a little odd because of two do does in a single statement Is there an alternative which has the
- wont vs. wouldnt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I wouldn't shout if I were you (Counterfactual) He said he wouldn't like it (Future embedded in past narrative ) In every case here, replacing won't with wouldn't results in something either ungrammatical, or it changes the meaning of the sentence
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