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Definition of "second-person" []

  • Of a verb, in the second person. (adjective)
  • Of a narrative, using verbs in the second person. (adjective)

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Use "second-person" in a sentence
  • "Could English-speakers keep you for the singular second-person pronoun, and borrow vous, or a more phonetically driven spelling like voo or vou, for the plural?"
  • "Also crying out for global simplification is the ambiguous second-person pronoun: you."
  • "But why does he speak like this, in the second-person?"