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- grammar - Where is she? or Where is she at? - English Language Usage . . .
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 eighteenth century grammarians to align English with Latin, lead some people to say it is ungrammatical to end with " at "
- pronouns - When to use shes(short form) and and she is(full form . . .
I don't think it would ever be proper to end a sentence with "she's" (see the link @JR posted as a comment to your question for a detailed explanation) Other than that, the contraction can be used interchangeably Good to note though that contractions are generally more informal colloquial So maybe you would say to you friend "She's my
- Which is correct: This is her or This is she? [duplicate]
For "it is she" pleads that this is probably closer to historical usage, when the ancestor of modern English still had cases, which were most probably applied as in "it is she" Note that "illa id est" is probably not the way Romans would write it; they'd rather write simply "illa est"
- Why does the contraction shes mean she is or she has?
When referring to google ngram, I get 3 possible combinations of she's: She 's She's 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 consistent about this, sometimes using she 's to refer to she is and she has
- word usage - Reason for the current trend to use «she» as the gender . . .
Usage Note: Using she as a generic or gender-neutral singular pronoun is more common than might be expected, given the continuing debate regarding the parallel use of he In a 1989 article from the Los Angeles Times, for instance, writer Dan Sullivan notes, "What's wrong with reinventing the wheel?
- pronouns - Referring to objects as she - English Language Usage . . .
Regarding the usage of "he" in place of "she", this is possible as a backlash against the typical "she" usage: (by a woman) I love my car He always gets the best service This isn't really "common", per se, and really only serves as a Take That against men's use of an inanimate she Another borderline exception is the Judeo-Christian God: God
- Using the pronouns he and she for animals
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 very small children or animals When gender is known, we should use 'he' or 'she' as applicable, and this is now extended to even the smallest children Through some pioneering
- parts of speech - her: a determiner or a pronoun? - English Language . . .
Possessive form of 'she': This is her pen; She is her mother Object form of 'she': Give it to her; I know her For simplicity, please let me refer to the first form of her as possessive she and the second form of she as object she The object she is surely a pronoun But the case of possessive she is confusing
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