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Grammatical persons
Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to a participant in an event; such as the speaker, the addressee, or others.
In nominative case English pronouns, wich is how you will name them, and they are as follows:
I it is singular, is the first person and it has no particular gender
You it is singular, it is the second person and it has no particular gender as well
He it is singular, it is the third person, and it is masculine
She it is singular, it is the third person, and it is femenine
It it is singular, it is the third person and it has no gender at all
We it is plural, it is the first person and it has no particular gender
You it is plural, it is the second person and it has no particular gender
They it is plural, it is the hird person and it has no particular gender
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So here we have, singular grammatical persons, wich is just one,
and plural grammatical persons, wich means more than one
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SINGULAR GRAMMATICAL PERSONS
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
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PLURAL GRAMMATICAL PERSONS
WE
YOU
THEY
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There are three grammatical persons in English:
1) First person. This is I when used to talk about yourself. I is always singular. This is
we when used to talk about a group in which I is a member. We is plural.
2) Second person. This is you. Second person is used when referring to the addressee.
The addressee may be singular or plural, depending on how many individuals are being addressed.
3) Third person. This is he, she, it, and they. Third person is used when referring to any
person, place, or thing other than the speaker and the addressee.​​
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