Nov 8, 2019 · 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 …

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 …

Sep 12, 2020 · 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 …

Sep 18, 2010 · 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. …

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 …

Jun 4, 2011 · 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. …

No one but she ever made a perfect score on the test. The above sentence is coordinated from the below sentence: No one has ever made a perfect score on the test, but she has made a …

Jul 6, 2012 · You use "agree to" to imply that a request was made and that the person towards whom the request was directed responded positively to that request -- i.e., he/she agreed to …

Aug 26, 2015 · When you send your daughter off to camp, you hope she’ll fare well. That’s why you bid her a fond farewell. When you want to see how something will work out, you want to …

Compare also She acts as if she hated me and She acts as if she hates me (=[40.iii]). The latter conveys that the way she acts suggests that she does hate me and may well do so, whereas …