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	The second and third arguments provide some support for determining how		The second and third arguments provide some support for determining how
	to treat the verb in specific contexts, mainly with respect to the fact		to treat the verb in specific contexts, mainly with respect to the fact
-	that the third-person form of the verb is the same as the first-person	+	that the third-person form of the verb is the same as the second-person
	form when the subject is plural. The argument 'who' is the subject of		form when the subject is plural. The argument 'who' is the subject of
	the verb, and 'viewer' is the person viewing the action. This is mainly		the verb, and 'viewer' is the person viewing the action. This is mainly

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	for use by the internals of message().		for use by the internals of message().

-	The verb "to be" should be provided in its first-person form, "are".	+	The verb "to be" should be provided in its second-person form, "are".

	Like all the grammatical functions, this routine relies on a set of		Like all the grammatical functions, this routine relies on a set of

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Laine — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:03:17 GMT

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third_person - returns the third-person form of a verb

==Synopsis==
string third_person(string verb);
varargs string third_person(string verb, mixed who, object viewer);

==Description==
Calculates and returns the third-person form of a given second-person
verb. For instance, third_person("have") == "has".

The second and third arguments provide some support for determining how
to treat the verb in specific contexts, mainly with respect to the fact
that the third-person form of the verb is the same as the first-person
form when the subject is plural. The argument 'who' is the subject of
the verb, and 'viewer' is the person viewing the action. This is mainly
for use by the internals of message().

The verb "to be" should be provided in its first-person form, "are".

Like all the grammatical functions, this routine relies on a set of
generalized conversion rules supplemented by some direct mapping of
irregular cases. If you discover a case that is not correctly supported,
please inform an elder developer.

==Examples==
third_person("look") == "looks"
third_person("have") == "has"
third_person("are") == "is"
third_person("buzz") == "buzzes"

==See Also==
second_person(sefun), pluralize(sefun), singularize(sefun),
past_tense(sefun), present_tense(sefun), gerundize(sefun),
adverbize(sefun), past_participle(sefun)

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
-	second_person(sefun), pluralize(sefun), singularize(sefun),	+	[[man second person\|second_person(sefun)]], [[man pluralize\|pluralize(sefun)]], [[man singularize\|singularize(sefun)]],
-	past_tense(sefun), present_tense(sefun), gerundize(sefun),	+	[[ man past tense\|past_tense(sefun)]], [[man present tense\|present_tense(sefun)]], [[man gerundize\|gerundize(sefun)]],
-	adverbize(sefun), past_participle(sefun)	+	[[man adverbize\|adverbize(sefun)]], [[man past participle\|past_participle(sefun)]]