transcription, транскрипция: [ hɪm ]
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 him to refer to a man, boy, or male animal.
John’s aunt died suddenly and left him a surprisingly large sum...
Is Sam there? Let me talk to him...
My brother had a lovely dog. I looked after him for about a week.
PRON : v PRON , prep PRON
2.
In written English, him 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 ‘him or her’ or ‘them’.
If the child sees the word ‘hear’, we should show him that this is the base word in ‘hearing’ and ‘hears’.
PRON : v PRON , prep PRON