Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: 'Him' is a third person singular pronoun. 'Him' is used as the object of a verb or a preposition.
1.
You use ~ to refer to a man, boy, or male animal.
John’s aunt died suddenly and left ~ a surprisingly large sum...
Is Sam there? Let me talk to ~...
My brother had a lovely dog. I looked after ~ for about a week.
PRON: v PRON, prep PRON
2.
In written English, ~ is sometimes used to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people dislike this use and prefer to use ‘~ or her’ or ‘them’.
If the child sees the word ‘hear’, we should show ~ that this is the base word in ‘hearing’ and ‘hears’.
PRON: v PRON, prep PRON