The Editorial "We"

Posted by Ken Makovsky on August 2, 2010

If you’re not a writer, you may never have heard of the “editorial ‘we.’” Simply stated, it refers to the use of the first person plural (“we”), rather than the first person singular (“I”) by individual representatives of an organization. For example, a person may say, “We believe that…” rather than “I believe that….” Why use the word “editorial” before “we”? Because the concept derives from the journalistic practice where one person writes an editorial that expresses the opinion of the newspaper as a whole (e.g., “We support a policy that expands individual liberty”). ...

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