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  1. It was he ... / It was him - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    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?

  2. What is he? vs Who is he? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jul 24, 2018 · 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.

  3. Difference between "where is he from" and "where he is from"

    Oct 16, 2014 · 2 To convert the statement He is from the USA. into a Yes/No question, one moves the first auxiliary verb (is in this example; all forms of be are auxiliaries) to a position before the subject …

  4. contractions - Does "he's" mean both "he is" and "he has"? - English ...

    Feb 23, 2012 · @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.

  5. "It is he" versus "it is him" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    The case of he/him should depend on other considerations, such as, the proper case after the linking verb, "is". It should be simply a matter of which is more correct, It is he Or, It is him My Latin …

  6. punctuation - "He then" vs "Then He" vs "Then, He" -- conjunctive ...

    May 10, 2019 · As far as I understand, you use a semi-colon to separate main clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs (however, therefore, moreover, nevertheless, then, thus). And, when you use a …

  7. "He doesn't" vs "He don't" - 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 …

  8. Why is it "This is he" rather than "This is him"? [duplicate]

    Why is it "This is he" rather than "This is him"? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 3 months ago Modified 14 years, 3 months ago

  9. grammaticality - What's the error in "Either he or I is right ...

    Jun 12, 2015 · Here's a vote for "Either him or me is right." Back in 1964 in his classic article Negation in English, Edward Klima proposed a rule to describe contemporary English: the subjective forms of …

  10. "Where he is" vs "Where is he" [closed] - English Language & Usage ...

    Yes, I know where he is. The natural subject-predicate order is inverted in special questions (those beginning with an interrogative pronoun such as what, where, etc), but not in object clauses.