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4th person pronoun? (startrek.website)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 70 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it's definitely 2nd person collective in its original usage and outside of its original usage it's not a pronoun because it doesn't replace a noun.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

I don't think it's a pronoun at all. It's a collective noun, and a term of address.

"Ladies and Gentlemen" is also not a pronoun.