we are writing a paper in the 'royal we' to confuse our teacher. when we talk about ourselves we say we instead of 'i', would we still use 'we' when referring to a group of people that ourselves were included in?
2007-10-21 09:58:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The royal 'we' includes yourself, your "empire" (if you were to talk about your country or people, it would all be 'we') and also anyone that is in your immediate presence that SERVES you- for example, if you were standing with a friend, that friend would not be included in the 'we'. If a slave were standing next to you, he would be. Now, the tricky part, is that even if you are talking TO a person that IS included in the we, you still use 'we'. For example, if you were talking to a friend while a servant stood next to you, 'we' would include yourself and the servant. If you then spoke to the servant, you'd still use 'we' while speaking to the servant even though they are part of 'we'.
If you have the time, borrow or buy the book 'The Emperor Mage' by Tamora Pierce- the emperor in the book uses the royal we throughout the book, and it makes it very easy to see how it's done and mimic it properly.
2007-10-21 10:08:42 · answer #1 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You'd use the phrase 'We, the people".
2007-10-21 17:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by Leslie L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there is no other word to use.
2007-10-21 17:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋