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he (HEE) (pronoun)
Used to indicate a male person or animal that is the subject of a verb: Maurice told Mary that he had been preparing for the trip to France since last year.
Marla was told that, as a stallion, he was a great riding horse.
he (HEE) (pronoun)
When referring to a person whose gender is unspecified or unknown: Before boarding, each passenger should make certain that he has a ticket.
Avoid using the generic he or him when the subject could be either male or female. Use the third-person plural or the phrase he or she (some grammar books say we should not use he/she).
It is also acceptable to write in the third person plural: "Before boarding, passengers should make certain that they have their tickets." It is grammatically unacceptable to write: "Before boarding, each passenger should make certain that they have their tickets."
A singular subject must have an applicable singular verb and a plural subject should use a plural verb.
Lottie's friend said that he would buy the famous race horse because he would surely win the upcoming race.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group H; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: master, leader; he/she who brings about [something])
(Latin: heir; "he, or she, who obtains that which is left")
(in 1946, an eighteen-year-old San Diego High School student wrote an essay in which he asked for plain courtesy when driving)
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He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword (Matthew 26:52)
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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