On 21 Sep 2007 at 15:31:30 -0400, "Armed Blowfish" diodontida.armata@googlemail.com wrote:
Who is this we of whom you speak? I am not a Wikipaedian.
That's by your own choice, since (despite your own insistence) you are not banned.
One of the failings of the English pronoun system (along with its failure to distinguish singular and plural "you") is the lack of a distinction between inclusive and exclusive "we"; some other languages let you specifically indicate whether you're talking about a "we" that includes the addressee or one that excludes him/her.
On 21/09/2007, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
On 21 Sep 2007 at 15:31:30 -0400, "Armed Blowfish" diodontida.armata@googlemail.com wrote: One of the failings of the English pronoun system (along with its failure to distinguish singular and plural "you") is the lack of a distinction between inclusive and exclusive "we"; some other languages let you specifically indicate whether you're talking about a "we" that includes the addressee or one that excludes him/her.
Ack, you are right. : /
Silly English language....
On 21/09/2007, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
On 21 Sep 2007 at 15:31:30 -0400, "Armed Blowfish" diodontida.armata@googlemail.com wrote: One of the failings of the English pronoun system (along with its failure to distinguish singular and plural "you") is the lack of a distinction between inclusive and exclusive "we"; some other languages let you specifically indicate whether you're talking about a "we" that includes the addressee or one that excludes him/her.
Ack, you are right. : /
Silly English language....