This site is designed, developed and hosted by national informatics centre (nic) , content provided by statistics divison, d/o higher education, ministry of education, government of india The meaning of he is that male one who is neither speaker nor hearer. How to use he in a sentence. The department of higher education in india oversees policies and programs for the country's higher education system.
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The male person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; That male. See examples of he used in a sentence. In writing, we can use (s)he, he/she, him/her or his/her to refer to both sexes at the same time. When speaking formally, we say he or she and his or her:.
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The use of he and other masculine pronouns to refer to an unspecified person or to people in general, as in everybody can do as he likes in this country, was formerly widespread. Another is to use the masculine and feminine singular pronouns together: He or she, she or he; He/she, she/he. A common practice in speech is to use forms of they to refer to such. In written english, he is sometimes used to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Many people prefer to use 'he or she' or 'they' as an alternative to 'he'.