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To: bryan999

Six uses of the pronoun ‘I’ in this brief excerpt.

Who says lefties are egotistical?


4 posted on 06/06/2016 5:57:02 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: relictele

They taught us not to over-use the word “I” and certainly never open a treatise with the old Ninth Letter.

Naturally all those rules are out the window the “me” generation.

These days it’ll get you a New York Times Op-Ed!


7 posted on 06/06/2016 6:04:11 PM PDT by golux
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To: relictele

maybe it’s all the group counseling?
I think you’re supposed to share only of yourself, not about others?


12 posted on 06/06/2016 7:04:51 PM PDT by b4me
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To: relictele

I counted 26 times “I” was used in the entire article, not counting the possessive; could have missed some.


25 posted on 06/07/2016 3:24:22 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: relictele
Six uses of the pronoun ‘I’ in this brief excerpt.

You're missing a couple there... I count 8 in the first paragraph alone!
28 posted on 06/08/2016 7:48:32 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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