• Alien Nathan Edward
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    6811 months ago

    it’s definitely 2nd person collective in its original usage and outside of its original usage it’s not a pronoun because it doesn’t replace a noun.

    • @milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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      1411 months ago

      I don’t think it’s a pronoun at all. It’s a collective noun, and a term of address.

      “Ladies and Gentlemen” is also not a pronoun.