He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana)
Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter called He in Ukrainian
Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 language code: he)
Places
He County, Anhui, China He River, or Hejiang (贺江), a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong
Hebei, abbreviated as HE, a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HE)
Hessen, abbreviated as HE, a state of Germany
People
He (surname), Chinese surname, sometimes transcribed Hé or Ho; includes a list of notable individuals so named
Zheng He (1371–1433), Chinese admiral He (和) and He (合), collectively known as 和合二仙 (He-He er xian, "Two immortals He"), two Taoist immortals known as the "Immortals of Harmony and Unity"
Immortal Woman He, or He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism
Arts, entertainment, and media
"He" (short story), a 1926 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"He", a 1927 short story by Katherine Anne Porter He (film), a 2012 Irish film
"He" (song), a 1955 Christian song written by Jack Richards and Richard Mullan
"He", a song by Jars of Clay from the 1995 album Jars of Clay (album) He, a novel by John Connolly about Stan Laurel HE..., a 2011 film
Food
Hé (Chinese pastry)
Acronyms
His Eminence, a religious title
His or Her Excellency, a political title
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Hektoen enteric agar, used in microbiology to identify certain organisms
Helium, symbol He, a chemical element
Hemagglutinin esterase, a viral protein
Hematoxylin and eosin stain, a popular staining method in histology
Hepatic encephalopathy
High explosive
Holocene Era or Human Era, the year count system of the Holocene calendar
Holocene Epoch, its rough equivalent
Homomorphic encryption
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High-explosive anti-tank, or HEAT
High-explosive incendiary, or HEI
High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition, or HEIAP
Other uses
Heathrow Express, an airport rail link between London Heathrow Airport and Paddington
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke (in aircraft model prefixes)
Higher education
Hurricane Electric, a global Internet service provider He, the middle ranking threat level for abnormalities in the Korean video game Lobotomy Corporation
grammar - "It is he" versus "it is him" - English Language & Usage ...
It is he I relate to most of all. Or, It is him I relate to most of all. I believe that in neither of the two sentences do the words "him" or "he" act as a relative pronoun, for the simple reason that they are not relative pronouns. Instead, both sentences have an implicit relative pronoun.
Is using "he" for a gender-neutral third-person correct?
Jun 19, 2011 · Further discussion including specific arguments against 'purportedly sex-neutral he' and 'she' is found on pp. 491-495, noting they are often systematically avoided for good reasons, and marking them with the % sign ('grammatical in some dialect(s) only'). It also offers further avoidance strategies, including plural and first-person antecedents.
contractions - Does "he's" mean both "he is" and "he has"?
Feb 23, 2012 · He's angry. He's been angry. But the third one is incorrect. You cannot shorten "he has a house" to "he's a house." You can only shorten "he has got a house" to "he's got a house." [Again, note what @Optimal Cynic claims] More examples: Correct: I have an apple. Correct: I have got an apple. Correct: I've got an apple. Incorrect: I've an apple.
"He doesn't" vs "He don't" - English Language & Usage Stack …
He doesn't eat meat. He don't eat meat. And remove the contraction: He does not eat meat. He do not eat meat. Now we can see very clearly that the latter is grammatically incorrect. Whether you should use doesn't or don't depends on whether the subject is singular or plural: He doesn't speak French. They don't speak French.
"request" or "request for" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Dec 18, 2022 · The noun request takes a for to introduce the object of the request, but the verb request just takes an object; no preposition required: He requested a double Scotch/his request for a double Scotch. – John Lawler
idioms - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 9, 2024 · In the TV show Family Guy, the character Peter says that he is not partial to the movie Godfather, and he says the reason is that the movie "insists upon itself". What does that mean? Video
Difference between "at" and "in" when specifying location
Oct 18, 2012 · I am used to saying "I am in India.". But somewhere I saw it said "I am at Puri (Oriisa)". I would like to know the differences between "in" and "at" in the above two sentences.
When is it necessary to use "have had"?
Feb 10, 2020 · For the bit of logic, we can think about a time frame. I HAVE a book. (I close my time frame on the Present. I consider the Present.)
What is the origin of the phrase "zero, zip, zilch, nada"?
He keeps cool. He asks her to do the work, and his ambition is to think about nothing, zero, strictly from nadaville, while she plays bouncy-bouncy on him. From George Garrett, "Love Is a Cold Kingdom," in Shenandoah, volume 12 (1960–1961) [combined snippets]: And Angus, damn him. He was the boy with talent, with all the talent, my idea of a ...
When do we use "arrive at" versus "arrive in"?
Oct 18, 2012 · He arrived within 10 minutes. He will arrive in an hour. So it turns out that ' arrive ' either carries or doesn't carry a preposition depending on the place or time that follows it, i.e. if the place or the time carries a preposition.
