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Jun 30, 2020 at 18:14 answer added Alexis Ofori timeline score: 1
Jun 23, 2019 at 3:00 history tweeted twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1142628560827383809
Jun 22, 2019 at 19:01 answer added jsw29 timeline score: 1
Jun 22, 2019 at 15:20 history edited tchrist
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Jan 26, 2017 at 19:22 answer added TREE timeline score: 5
Jul 19, 2016 at 1:16 comment added feetwet Answer here: The patronizing "we".
Apr 25, 2016 at 14:22 comment added bib @HotLicks Or the father's we as in what did we learn in school today?
Apr 25, 2016 at 13:51 comment added bib Or the medical we, as in How are we feeling today? The response is I feel like crap, how about you?
Apr 25, 2016 at 13:07 comment added lly For what it's worth, the use of plurals in reference to specific powerful people is a reference to their standing for their household or—in the case of the royals—their subjects. Doesn't change that it's a first-person plural pronoun.
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:31 comment added Dave M We is indeed, a first person pronoun. My embarrassment at having using it incorrectly is matched only by my beauty. Take that how you will. :)
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:28 comment added deadrat @HotLicks I don't think so. It's called the "royal we" for a reason, the use of the first person plural pronoun. It doesn't mean the third person (he/she/it/they) either. It means I.
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:24 history edited Dave M CC BY-SA 3.0
I forgot to remove the reference to "we" as a third person... Proofreading FTW.
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:08 comment added DyingIsFun Your definition of the royal 'we' seems incorrect. The royal 'we' is not third person. It is first person. It is the use of 'we' by a speaker to refer to the speaker herself (especially if the speaker is in a high position).
Apr 25, 2016 at 11:56 comment added Hot Licks That's "the mother's 'we'".
Apr 25, 2016 at 10:17 answer added zzxjoanw timeline score: -4
Apr 25, 2016 at 10:00 history asked Dave M CC BY-SA 3.0