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Hello! English is not my first language, so I'm still shaky, especially when it comes to grammar versus style.

So, for a sentence like "He, my husband, in the kitchen" would it be "He" or "Him"? Note that it doesn't have any context since it's for the title.

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AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

anonymousSo, for a sentence like "He, my husband, in the kitchen

That is not a sentence. A sentence must have a verb.

That is a noun phrase. Noun phrases are frequently used as titles of books, movies, articles or captions on photos.

For this one, I would change it to:

my husband, in the kitchen

Or the sentence:

This is my husband, in the kitchen.

Anonymous · Answer

anonymousSo, for a sentence like "He, my husband, in the kitchen" would it be "He" or "Him"? Note that it doesn't have any context since it's for the title.

I think you mean a caption. I can't think of a reason for either word, "he" or "him", to be there at all, but supposing you do have a good reason, for me, in the absence of grammar (as is often the case in a caption), "him" is more natural. The objective case seems to mean something more like a name.

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