we
/wi/ pronoun A1- Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.) · We are here to arrest you.
- Including the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.) · We need to have a talk, you and me.
- The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.) · We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.· As the government, we have a duty to ensure public safety.
- Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc. · I went to watch our school football match against Puddletown High. We lost 2-0.· In English, we do not inflect adjectives for gender.
- People in general. · We live and learn.· We still have much to learn about quantum mechanics.
- The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.) · We are Queen of all these Isles.
- Everyone being addressed. · Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight?
- An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. (Sometimes called the nurse's we or the doctor's we.) · Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning?· You've been spending all your money boozing when you have a wife and family to support. I think we need to get our priorities straight.
From the library
I lent you money, and you returned it; that’s like good neighbors, and we are quits.”
“We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantès’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.”
“We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz,” she answered, “and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night.”
Take it; buy some provisions; be happy, and tomorrow we shall have more.”
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