third person in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "third person",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "\"Is\" is the third person singular of \"to be\""
        }
      ],
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        "The form of a verb that is used when the subject of a sentence is not the one making the statement. Some pronouns that are used with the third person are he, she, it, one, they, and who."
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        "A form of storytelling that uses verbs in the third person to show that the storyteller is not a character in the story."
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  "word": "third person"
}

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    {
      "form": "third person",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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          "text": "\"Is\" is the third person singular of \"to be\""
        }
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        "The form of a verb that is used when the subject of a sentence is not the one making the statement. Some pronouns that are used with the third person are he, she, it, one, they, and who."
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  ],
  "word": "third person"
}

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"third person" meaning in English

Noun