third person

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Singular
third person

Plural
none

  1. (uncountable); (grammar) The form of a verb that is used when the subject of a sentence is not the one making the statement. Some pronouns that are used with the third person are he, she, it, one, they, and who.
    "Is" is the third person singular of "to be"
  2. (uncountable) A form of storytelling that uses verbs in the third person to show that the storyteller is not a character in the story.

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