Jun 4, 2011 · Taken from the Free Online Dictionary: Usage Note: Using she as a generic or gender-neutral singular pronoun is more common than might be expected, given the …

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 …

Sep 12, 2020 · The " at " is redundant. 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 …

Nov 8, 2019 · The difference is that she's and similar shortened forms are used in colloquial speech, but not in certain cases. In your example, she is being emphasised.

Dec 15, 2018 · If the pronoun is seen as a clause reduced to a single element, the choice depends on style. In formal style, it appears as the nominative "she", as in the unreduced …

Jul 25, 2018 · Using the british-english tag because I'm wondering if it is commonly said this way or accepted as correct in the UK Is it grammatically correct to say, for example, "She's not …

Upon answering the telephone, the person calling asks if Joan is available. If Joan is the person who answered the phone, should she say "This is her" or "This is she"?

Sep 18, 2010 · Sometimes people are referring to mechanical objects as "she": I love my car. She always gets the best service. Are there any rules when it is appropriate to use "she" instead of …

May 18, 2013 · 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 …

That's what she said seems to be a simplification of the phrase said the actress to the bishop, used with similar implications. The phrase dates back to at least 1928, according to the …