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Originally Posted By: Jerr BoscheeI could hear my journalism adviser's tongue clicking: "Jerr, Jerr -- if they 'reign' then they ARE 'supreme' -- you don't need BOTH words!"
Your journalism adviser didn't understand much about the workings of the English language, did he?Originally Posted By: zmjezhdthe nurse's we
Some languages distinguish between an inclusive we and an exclusive we, depending on whether second person is part of the we or not.
The nurse's we is a whole nother kind of we; it excludes the first person.
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