first person

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   pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur

   Broaderperson

Questions about first person

What does first person mean?

first person means "pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur".

Is first person a common word?

first person is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.