Therein vs Her - What's the difference?
therein | her |
(pronominal) in that; in him/her/it
* My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein . — George Washington
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:"Ha," said Robin, "comest thou from Locksley Town? Well do I know that fair place for miles about, and well do I know each hedgerow and gentle pebbly stream, and even all the bright little fishes therein , for there I was born and bred. Now, where goest thou with thy meat, my fair friend?"
Belonging to her.
The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
* February 1896 , Ground-swells'', by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine ; page 183:
As an adverb therein
is in that; in him/her/it.As a determiner her is
belonging to her.As a pronoun her is
the form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.therein
English
Adverb
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*her
English
(wikipedia her)Alternative forms
*Determiner
- This is her book
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(English personal pronouns)Pronoun
- Give it to her (after preposition)
- He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
- He treated her for a cold (direct object)
- "Then what became of her ?"
- "Her'? Which ‘'''her'''’? The park is full of ‘' hers ’."
- "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
