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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Singular pronoun
0 Clive, you are not seeing the subleties of this question. 02 br
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00 (1) We all love the person we marry. 02 br
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00 "we" do not all marry the same person...so 'we' is being used here in a strange way... 02 br
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00 also...(2) We all love the one who bore us. 02 br
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00 "we" (all of us) were not born of the same "one". 02 br
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00 (3) We all have something we are ashamed of. 02 br
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00 "we" are not all ashamed of the same thing...so 'we' does not refer to 'all people' 02 br
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00 clearly these examples make a strange use of the pronoun "we" 02 br
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00 is this substandard? 02 br
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00 think please before you respond. 02 br
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00 Are these substandard usages? They seem to be irrational. 0-
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00 (1) We all love the person we marry. 02 br
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00 "we" do not all marry the same person...so 'we' is being used here in a strange way... 02 br
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00 also...(2) We all love the one who bore us. 02 br
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00 "we" (all of us) were not born of the same "one". 02 br
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00 (3) We all have something we are ashamed of. 02 br
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00 "we" are not all ashamed of the same thing...so 'we' does not refer to 'all people' 02 br
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00 clearly these examples make a strange use of the pronoun "we" 02 br
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00 is this substandard? 02 br
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00 think please before you respond. 02 br
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00 Are these substandard usages? They seem to be irrational. 0-
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0 Hello again, Anonymous, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 (1) We all love the person we marry. 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 This usage seems well established to me . 05 0 02 font 02 br 02 br 00 Thank you for your comment about subtleties, and for your suggestion that I should think before responding.
- 0 Hello again, Anonymous, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 (1) We all love the person we marry.
- 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 This usage seems well established to me .
- 05 0 02 font 02 br 02 br 00 Thank you for your comment about subtleties, and for your suggestion that I should think before responding.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 010id 1
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0 Hello again, Anonymous, 02 br
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01 font 00 (1) We all love the person we marry. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 This usage seems well established to me . Would you prefer to say 00 We all love the person 01 font 00 s 02 font 01 b 00 02 b 00 we marry
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01 font 00 (1) We all love the person we marry. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 This usage seems well established to me . Would you prefer to say 00 We all love the person 01 font 00 s 02 font 01 b 00 02 b 00 we marry
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0 No I would not prefer to advocate polygamy, either grammatically or otherwise. 02 br
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00 A better way to say this would simply be: 02 br
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00 "Each one of us loves the person he/she marries." 02 br
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00 I am simply wondering about this particular type of example. 02 br
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00 If you look at it, it makes no sense gram
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00 A better way to say this would simply be: 02 br
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00 "Each one of us loves the person he/she marries." 02 br
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00 I am simply wondering about this particular type of example. 02 br
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00 If you look at it, it makes no sense gram
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0 Hello Anonymous, 02 br
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00 As we have said many times on this forum, we certainly cannot control what people say or write. We can only answer the questions as they are given. 02 br
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00 You have now heard from a number of people that this use of "we" is perfectly acceptable and quite common. However, if it offends your sensibilities, then by all means,
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00 As we have said many times on this forum, we certainly cannot control what people say or write. We can only answer the questions as they are given. 02 br
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00 You have now heard from a number of people that this use of "we" is perfectly acceptable and quite common. However, if it offends your sensibilities, then by all means,
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