‘We’-ism in fact and fiction

Grammarphobia Blog · 2 years ago · 137 views

Q: When did using the “royal we” become popular among writers of fiction and nonfiction? A: Writers have been using the pronoun “we” to refer to themselves since Anglo-Saxon days. But the usage was primarily seen in nonfiction until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Fielding, Dickens, Thackeray, and others began using it in fiction. In […] The post ‘We’-ism in fact and fiction first appeared on Grammarphobia.