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Taka Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun

What is the pronoun for "doctors like me"? "They" or "we"?
  

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'They' if the text is only about them; 'we' if you are included in the action.

  • 'They' if the text is only about them; 'we' if you are included in the action.
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12 Answers
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'They' if the text is only about them; 'we' if you are included in the action.
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Mister Micawber'They' if the text is only about them;
What kind of text would it be when people and me are similar?
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TakaWhat kind of text would it be when people and me are similar?
People like me have Porsches.
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You mean, "but I don't"?
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TakaYou mean, "but I don't"?
I could, but you asked for similarity.
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Similar in other respects but different in that you are not an owner of a Porsche yet. So it's "they" not "we".

Is that what you mean?
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Taka So it's "they" not "we".
Where? In what sentence?
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In this kind of text that you mentioned.

'They' if the text is only about them;
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That is not an example sentence; that is an explanation. I am still waiting for an actual sentence in an actual context where this problem occurs.
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Let me make things organized.

I asked first what the pronoun was for "doctors like me"? And you said if the text was only about them, it should be "they".

I was wondering what kind of situations it could be where "me" was excluded even though those people were like me, the same, or if not the same, a similar kind.

And when I asked about it, you gave me that example of P

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