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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Missing Words
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Date: Fri, 16-Sep-83 09:35:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 16 09:35:44 1983
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Sorry, Tucker, the exclusive "we" in English is *not* "you".
You may be able to use "you" in its place in the phrase "Can we
go out tonight". But how about these:

We're going to the movies.			("See you later!")

[Husband to wife] "Yes, we did visit Washington"  (...when I was a little boy,
							with my parents)

etc.

There are clearly two "we"s with different meanings in English.

Dave Sherman
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