What's the difference between "he has been ill" and "he's been ill".

[hugsandkisses]

I don't know what happend to my 1st post...
Can you tell me the difference. Please and thank you!

[David L.]

"he has been ill" and "he's been ill".

he's is simply the contraction of he has

is not : isn't

Americans (I don't know about Canadians) don't seem to use the contracted forms of he'd and he's in their speech.

[hugsandkisses]

He has = He's?
He had or would = He'd
Am I correct?

[David L.]

Yes.
So..............how do we know which it is when the person is speaking or writing?

[hugsandkisses]

Who knows, eh! We must use our common sense!

[David L.]

Contractions wouldn't be so popular if understanding their meaning relied on that rare attribute, common sense.

Note:
to go : go/goes, went, gone
He has gone, he had gone : He'd gone when I go there etc (the past participle follows)
compare
He would go :He'd go (the infinitive, 'to go', but without the 'to' - not to mention a conditional clause)

[hugsandkisses]

Oh, ok! Thanks! Nicely explained!

[Barb_D]

Americans (I don't know about Canadians) don't seem to use the contracted forms of he'd and he's in their speech.

David, am I reading this correctly? You're saying we do NOT use it in speech? I'd say the opposite is true: We rarely used the full forms in speech.

[David L.]

I watch reality shows like Judge Judy, and perhaps these give me the wrong impression, but I don't think I've ever heard a he'd.
But boy, do I hear 'had had' when the simple past was needed; and countless, 'I had went' - not even, 'I'd went' !

[David L.]

I watch reality shows like Judge Judy, and perhaps these give me the wrong impression, but I don't think I've ever heard a he'd.
But boy, do I hear 'had had' when the simple past was needed - not even He'd had; and countless, 'I had went' - not even 'I'd went' !

I'm happy (and relieved) to stand corrected on this. I was despairing of the American education system. Perhaps the 'grammar' I hear is not as pandemic as I was fearing.

(I don't think one can judge by scripted TV shows and movies, since scriptwriters are responsible for what comes out of the actors' mouths; and bad grammar and whatever is taken by the viewer as part of the patios of the person's milieu/lifestyle.)