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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Hi

Are both OK?

1. I don't want him to look at me.

2. I don't want he to look at me.

3. What's the difference between "crevice," and "crack." For example: Try to feel every crack and crevice of your body.

4. Is there any difference between:

a) Can you feel it?

b) Do you feel it?

Thank You
  

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1. Only "him" 3 (Actually #2). "crack and crevice" is a stable expression, I don't think the words differ much.

— Ant_222

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  • Only "him" 3 (Actually #2).
  • "crack and crevice" is a stable expression, I don't think the words differ much.
  • Maybe a crevice is a narrow crack...
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1. Only "him"
3 (Actually #2). "crack and crevice" is a stable expression, I don't think the words differ much. Maybe a crevice is a narrow crack...
4. Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

«The air is very moist here. Do/Can you feel it?»

«I can feel magnetic storms if I concentrate»
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Hi

I think that "crevice" is deeper than a crack.

Why can't I use "he" in the second example, but "him" only.

I know that I should use "him," but cannot explain why is that so.

thanks
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Hello,

«Why can't I use "he" in the second example, but "him" only.»

Because in structures such as "I like him", "him" is not in the nominative case. When it's the target of some verb (like, want...) it should be "him" and "her":

«I don't understand him» — "understand" modifies "him".

When a noun (or a pronoun) is the subject of a sentence, it's always
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