Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to a participant in an event; such as the speaker, the addressee, or others. Grammatical person typically defines a language's set of personal pronouns. It also frequently affects verbs, sometimes nouns, and possessive relationships.
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“Evil is simply
a grammatical error:
a failure to leap
the precipice
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“A person of twelve professions and thirteen failures.”
—Trans. by Johanna C. Prins.
Dutch expression.