A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.
Used other than as an idiom: see third, person.
The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.
In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns.
the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.
"Is" is the third-person singular of "to be"
Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.
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