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  1. Is it correct to say your pronouns are "she/they" or should it be …

    Aug 23, 2024 · In short, "she/they" is the most common way for a person to indicate that they go by "she/her" or "they/them" pronouns, likely with a preference for the former. It is not incorrect. …

  2. word usage - Reason for the current trend to use «she» as the …

    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 …

  3. When to use "she's"(short form) and and "she is"(full form)? What …

    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.

  4. Why does the contraction "she's" mean she is or she has?

    So as grammarians do you think the contracted form of she has should be she 's? More importantly, are there rules for contracting words? Say, if I wanted to express She was as a …

  5. Where is she? or Where is she at? - English Language & Usage …

    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 …

  6. Which is correct: "This is her" or "This is she"? [duplicate]

    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"?

  7. "She" or "her" following "no one but"?

    Which pronoun is correct in the following sentence? No one but her/she ever made a perfect score on the test The answer according to the book is "her", but it is getting on my nerves. I …

  8. She was "in" or "on" the show? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    She was in on the drama when the conman showed up at the stage door. If you are an actor in something, it's in: She was in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She was in the movie Cat On a Hot Tin …

  9. past perfect - she had been working / she had worked - English …

    @HenriqueOrdine " She had been working for the previous five years with an advertising company" - means that she started working at that company and worked there for 5 years …

  10. british english - "She's not been_____" or "She hasn't been ...

    2 She’s can be a contraction for “she is” or “she has.” Thus, both are grammatically correct. As for British usage, Oxford seems to hold that she’s is also a contraction for “she is” and “she has,” …