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Talking about the "royal we" is a correct, established (if somewhat sarcastic) way to complain about this kind of usage. It highlights the presumptiveness of th

by lmm 2mo ago

Talking about the "royal we" is a correct, established (if somewhat sarcastic) way to complain about this kind of usage. It highlights the presumptiveness of the author in their use of "we".

brianmcc 2mo ago
No it doesn't. It comes from the Queen saying "We are not amused" to mean "I specifically am not amused".
- lmm 2mo ago
  It has other uses. But the point is that saying "we" when one is not, in fact, a sovereign, is extremely pretentious.