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majestic plural

i hate the royal we. especially when it could simply be replaced with, "i need you to do this for me." or "this needs to be done by yesterday, can you do it?"

apparently, it's also referred to as the "editorial we":

Mark Twain once said, "Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we'."

Posted by bekee on July 7, 2008 10:58 AM |

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