the first person

the first person
UK / US noun [singular]
1) linguistics the form of the pronoun or verb that you use about yourself, and about someone who is with you. The first person pronouns in English are "I", "me", "we", and "us".
2) a way of writing a story as if it happened to you

Most of his stories are written in the first person.


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