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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 the author in their use of "we".


No it doesn't. It comes from the Queen saying "We are not amused" to mean "I specifically am not amused".


It has other uses. But the point is that saying "we" when one is not, in fact, a sovereign, is extremely pretentious.




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