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pronoun hɪmhɪm 1third person singular Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified. Compare with he he took the children with him Example sentencesExamples - So why go out of your way as an opposition leader to identify yourself with him.
- Police have since been able to identify him, but have not yet released his name.
- I mention to him that in real life, he often says something and then apologises for it.
- After you do this you can probably convince him more easily that he must consider others.
- I could talk to him more easily than I could talk to dad, who was very much up on a pedestal.
- My friend recently mentioned charging him some rent, plus his share of the bills.
- Allegations made against him previously in Lothian and Borders would have shown up.
- I'm too scared even to mention this to him, for he is sure to say it is impossible.
- I asked him why and he mentioned that her car hadn't been at her place for a few nights.
- The last five minutes have seen him easily the most animated he's been all day.
- Gosh, he must have been angry when the original programmes barely mentioned him.
- Berg himself is so above it all that even his wife refers to him, at least to the press, only by an honorific.
- George Ryan's work on the death penalty has brought him mention as a contender for the peace prize.
- Nobody has mentioned him but he's playing well enough to figure and we know he loves it round Augusta.
- It was typical of him not to mention that his daughter, the lovely Candida, was engaged to one.
- I have heard him mention his son several times in interviews, but not his daughter.
- I remember my grandmother talking about him and mentioning the spelling was wrong.
- Flying in very high altitudes does weird things to him and can easily lead to an MS relapse.
- He was very grateful for the meals that had previously been provided for him.
- Aberdeen are still on the trail of the culprit and the club has made an appeal for supporters to identify him.
- 1.1 Referring to a person or animal of unspecified sex.
withdrawing your child from school to educate him at home may seem drastic Example sentencesExamples - It could even be educational: give it to a child and watch him grow up to be the next John Bonham.
- I don't know who the new Tory leader will be but education will figure highly with him.
- 1.2 Used after the verb ‘to be’ and after ‘than’ or ‘as’
I could never be as good as him Example sentencesExamples - I'll try to be faster than him, of course, but I don't even know him yet.
- Suddenly Ammu hoped that it had been him that Rahel saw in the march.
- 1.3West Indian He.
him was a tall, bow-legged man
2North American dialect, archaic third person singular Himself. in the depths of him, he too didn't want to go
Usage Why do people tell us that it is wrong to say I could never be as good as him (rather than I could never be as good as he)? If they are right, why does he in this context sound so odd? For a discussion of this issue, see personal pronoun Origin Old English, dative singular form of he, hē 'he' and hit 'it'. Rhymes bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim abbreviation British Her or His Imperial Majesty.
pronounhɪmhim 1Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified. Compare with he he took the children with him Example sentencesExamples - It was typical of him not to mention that his daughter, the lovely Candida, was engaged to one.
- Allegations made against him previously in Lothian and Borders would have shown up.
- He was very grateful for the meals that had previously been provided for him.
- My friend recently mentioned charging him some rent, plus his share of the bills.
- The last five minutes have seen him easily the most animated he's been all day.
- Police have since been able to identify him, but have not yet released his name.
- I could talk to him more easily than I could talk to dad, who was very much up on a pedestal.
- Berg himself is so above it all that even his wife refers to him, at least to the press, only by an honorific.
- Gosh, he must have been angry when the original programmes barely mentioned him.
- So why go out of your way as an opposition leader to identify yourself with him.
- I have heard him mention his son several times in interviews, but not his daughter.
- I asked him why and he mentioned that her car hadn't been at her place for a few nights.
- Nobody has mentioned him but he's playing well enough to figure and we know he loves it round Augusta.
- Aberdeen are still on the trail of the culprit and the club has made an appeal for supporters to identify him.
- Flying in very high altitudes does weird things to him and can easily lead to an MS relapse.
- I remember my grandmother talking about him and mentioning the spelling was wrong.
- After you do this you can probably convince him more easily that he must consider others.
- I mention to him that in real life, he often says something and then apologises for it.
- George Ryan's work on the death penalty has brought him mention as a contender for the peace prize.
- I'm too scared even to mention this to him, for he is sure to say it is impossible.
- 1.1 Referring to a person or animal of unspecified sex (in modern use chiefly replaced by “him or her” or “them”)
withdrawing your child from school to educate him at home may seem drastic Example sentencesExamples - It could even be educational: give it to a child and watch him grow up to be the next John Bonham.
- I don't know who the new Tory leader will be but education will figure highly with him.
- 1.2 Often used in place of “he” after the verb “to be” and after “than” or “as” to refer to a male person or animal.
I could never be as good as him Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly Ammu hoped that it had been him that Rahel saw in the march.
- I'll try to be faster than him, of course, but I don't even know him yet.
2North American dialect, archaic Himself. in the depths of him, he too didn't want to go
Usage On whether him or he is the correct pronoun in a comparative construction (smarter than him or smarter than he?), see personal pronoun and than Origin Old English, dative singular form of he, hē ‘he’ and hit ‘it’. abbreviation British Her or His Imperial Majesty.
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