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==F== | ==F== | ||
; {{anchor| | ; {{anchor|first_person}}first person | ||
: A {{glossary|person|grammatical person}} that indicates the speaker him/her/itself, or a group to which the speaker belongs. Examples are the English pronouns ''{{eng|I}}'' and ''{{eng|we}}''. | : A {{glossary|person|grammatical person}} that indicates the speaker him/her/itself, or a group to which the speaker belongs. Examples are the English pronouns ''{{eng|I}}'' and ''{{eng|we}}''. | ||
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;{{anchor|person}}person, grammatical person | ;{{anchor|person}}person, grammatical person | ||
: A grammatical category that indicates the relationship between the speaker and what is being spoken of. Examples are {{glossary| | : A grammatical category that indicates the relationship between the speaker and what is being spoken of. Examples are {{glossary|first_person|first person}}, {{glossary|second_person|second person}} and {{glossary|third_person|third person}}. | ||
;{{anchor|plural}}plural, plural number | ;{{anchor|plural}}plural, plural number | ||
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==S== | ==S== | ||
; {{anchor| | ; {{anchor|second_person}}second person | ||
: A {{glossary|person|grammatical person}} that indicates the person or group to whom one is speaking. Examples are the English pronouns ''{{eng|you}}'' and ''{{eng|thou}}''. | : A {{glossary|person|grammatical person}} that indicates the person or group to whom one is speaking. Examples are the English pronouns ''{{eng|you}}'' and ''{{eng|thou}}''. | ||
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==T== | ==T== | ||
; {{anchor| | ; {{anchor|third_person}}third person | ||
: A {{glossary|person|grammatical person}} that indicates someone or something that is neither the person or group to which the speaker belongs, nor the person or group that the speaker is speaking to. Examples are the English pronouns ''{{eng|he}}'', ''{{eng|she}}'', ''{{eng|it}}'', ''{{eng|this}}'', ''{{eng|that}}'', and so on. All {{glossary|noun}}s are generally considered third person. In some languages (like German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hungarian), the | : A {{glossary|person|grammatical person}} that indicates someone or something that is neither the person or group to which the speaker belongs, nor the person or group that the speaker is speaking to. Examples are the English pronouns ''{{eng|he}}'', ''{{eng|she}}'', ''{{eng|it}}'', ''{{eng|this}}'', ''{{eng|that}}'', and so on. All {{glossary|noun}}s are generally considered third person. In some languages (like German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hungarian), the third_person conjugation is also used to express the formal you (sometimes combined with the plural and/or capitalizing the personal pronoun in writing). | ||
==U== | ==U== | ||
; {{anchor|uncountable}}uncountable | ; {{anchor|uncountable}}uncountable | ||
: A {{glossary|noun}} that cannot be used freely with numbers or the {{glossary|indefinite}} {{glossary|article}}, and which therefore usually takes no {{glossary|plural}} form. For example, the English noun ''{{eng|information}}'' is a mass noun, and at least in its principal senses is uncountable in most varieties of English. For those senses, we cannot say that we have *one information, nor that we have *many information (or *many informations). Many mass noun senses often have corresponding plural {{glossary|countable|count}} senses that denote types of the mass sense, instances of the mass sense, or portions (servings) of the mass sense. For example, the main sense of ''{{eng|butter}}'' is the uncountable sense, so the plural form butters is seldom used, although it occasionally is used to mean "types of butter" (''many {{eng|herb butter|herb butters}} contain garlic'') or "[packets of] butter". Compare also other implicit references to a container and the portion/serving that it contains (''get me a water, order two sodas, have a few beers''). Many languages do not distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns. {{glossary|antonym|Antonym}}: {{glossary|countable}} or count noun. | : A {{glossary|noun}} that cannot be used freely with numbers or the {{glossary|indefinite}} {{glossary|article}}, and which therefore usually takes no {{glossary|plural}} form. For example, the English noun ''{{eng|information}}'' is a mass noun, and at least in its principal senses is uncountable in most varieties of English. For those senses, we cannot say that we have *one information, nor that we have *many information (or *many informations). Many mass noun senses often have corresponding plural {{glossary|countable|count}} senses that denote types of the mass sense, instances of the mass sense, or portions (servings) of the mass sense. For example, the main sense of ''{{eng|butter}}'' is the uncountable sense, so the plural form butters is seldom used, although it occasionally is used to mean "types of butter" (''many {{eng|herb butter|herb butters}} contain garlic'') or "[packets of] butter". Compare also other implicit references to a container and the portion/serving that it contains (''get me a water, order two sodas, have a few beers''). Many languages do not distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns. {{glossary|antonym|Antonym}}: {{glossary|countable}} or count noun. | ||