单词 | editorial we |
释义 | > as lemmaseditorial we editorial we n. the pronoun ‘we’ used in place of ‘I’ by the writer of an editorial or similar opinion piece. [Compare royal we n. at royal adj. and n. Compounds 1.] ΚΠ 1812 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 8 Aug. Let me here drop the editorial We again, and come forward, as an individual, to tell what I know. 1841 C. Dickens Let. 24 Aug. (1969) II. 368 Every rotten-hearted pander who..struts it in the Editorial We once a week. 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics vii. 287 A different anomaly in relation to number in pronouns is seen in what is often called the ‘editorial we’. 2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Oct. 18/1 Rickover was hardly alone in his abhorrence of the editorial we—so-called because of its usage by anonymous opinion columnists. < as lemmas |
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