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I think I stated my reasons for playing alone rather succinctly, so you will excuse me if I do not repeat them. | I think I stated my reasons for playing alone rather succinctly, so you will excuse me if I do not repeat them. | ||
− | As far as my choice of subjective personal pronoun, its called an "editorial we", although you do have a point. The editorial we is used when a writer or editor | + | As far as my choice of subjective personal pronoun, its called an "editorial we", although you do have a point. The editorial we is used when a writer or editor presumes to speak in the plural to imply that he speaks for a group or an institution (such as a website or a newspaper). I had assumed there were others of my cant, but I have not seen them. I had rather hoped that such others would follow my path, deny [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Meditation_XVII John Donne], and declare themselves self-sufficient by joining my self-reliant alliance. |
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+ | Genre: Philosophy. Genre is for example Star Trek, Star Wars things along those lines. --[[User:Gary Mintz|Gary Mintz]] 17:55, 9 September 2011 (UTC) |
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We?.. why you say WE... if you are alone? Alone in alliance of ONE man?
Response: I think I stated my reasons for playing alone rather succinctly, so you will excuse me if I do not repeat them.
As far as my choice of subjective personal pronoun, its called an "editorial we", although you do have a point. The editorial we is used when a writer or editor presumes to speak in the plural to imply that he speaks for a group or an institution (such as a website or a newspaper). I had assumed there were others of my cant, but I have not seen them. I had rather hoped that such others would follow my path, deny John Donne, and declare themselves self-sufficient by joining my self-reliant alliance. - Tighthead
Genre: Philosophy. Genre is for example Star Trek, Star Wars things along those lines. --Gary Mintz 17:55, 9 September 2011 (UTC)