Only third-person pronouns had distinct masculine, feminine, and neuter gender forms.
The royal we, or majestic plural (pluralis majestatis), is sometimes used by a person of high office, such as a monarch, earl, or pope.
Here, the writer casts themselves as spokesperson: either for the media institution who employs them or on behalf of the party or body of citizens who agree with the commentary.
[citation needed] This practice is discouraged by some academic style guides because it fails to distinguish between sole authorship and co-authorship.
[1]: 925 Compare: We is used sometimes in place of you to address a second party: A doctor may ask a patient: "And how are we feeling today?".
If language constrains or liberates thinking, then using the membership we may impact our ability to understand, empathize, and bond with others.
The extent of inclusion when using the membership we is loosely definite; the group may be others of the same village, nation, species, or planet.
When using the membership we, the reader or speaker is automatically drawn into the collective, and the change in viewpoint is significant: