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Re: Fourth Person

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Sunday, October 4, 1998, 20:41
Nik Taylor wrote:

> The term "fourth person" is often used for "obviate", i.e., referring to > a second third-person, so:
But then how does one classify the English use of "one"? It can refer to something even more distant than a particular third person, i.e., *anyone* who might be in that position ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "Ille se profecisse sciat cui Cicero valde placebit." - poster found on professor's door. ========================================================