Is "we" third, second, or first person? My assignment is to write in third person. I wrote: "We can conclude from the data that this is not natural behaviour." Have I used third person?

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Is "we" third, second, or first person? My assignment is to write in third person. I wrote: "We can conclude from the data that this is not natural behaviour." Have I used third person?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-24T12:45:00

"We" is first person plural (not third person)

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subject forms of pronouns
#{: (,color(red)("singular"),color(white)("XXX"),color(red)("plural")), (color(blue)("first person"),"I",color(white)("XXX"),"we"), (color(blue)("second person"),"you",color(white)("XXX"),"you"), (color(blue)("third person"),"she"color(white)("X") "he"color(white)("X") "it",color(white)("XXX"),"they") :}#

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Is "we" third, second, or first person? My assignment is to write in third person. I wrote: "We can conclude from the data that this is not natural behaviour." Have I used third person?

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