per·son

(pûr′sən)

1. A living human.

2. The composite of characteristics that make up an individual personality; the self.

3. The living body of a human.

4. Physique and general appearance.

Patient discussion about person

Q. Do you personally know anyone that's autistic? Right, I agree 1 in 150 is diagnosed with autism. Do you personally know anyone that's autistic?

A. Yes as per the latest statistics in U.S it is 1 out of 150 of kids born has autism. I know 5 kids, all friends of family; all moms were on fertility drugs to get pg. Very sad. Two of the kids are twins and besides being autistic they have cerebral palsy.

Q. Alcoholism becomes a habit in person? How does alcoholism becomes a habit in person?

A. If you think about alcohol all the time and you need it to feel good then it's a problem. If it's just a rare but pleasant action then there is no big disaster.
It may be a problem if the alcohol being the cause of depending (physical or corporial it is not just the same!)

Q. How can persons with autism learn best? The person with autism can’t concentrate on studies? How can persons with autism learn best?

A. Where have you read such a misguiding message? No one can say that the person with autism can’t concentrate on studies. They can be trained through specially-trained teachers, using specially structured programs that emphasize individual instruction; persons with autism can learn to function at home and in the community. Some can lead nearly normal lives.

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In the second move, two of the theses introductions included a first person pronoun.

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We are thus in need of a concept that designates a voice that is different from that of any single character or narrator, which can talk about the protagonist in the first person. Inspired by Blanchot's concept of the narrative voice, I introduce the concept of the impersonal voice of the narrative.

The impersonal voice in first-person narrative fiction

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As we have seen at length, sentences like (3a), which attribute first-person reference, cannot be replaced without loss by any sentences--like (1) or iterations of (l)--that are free of the first person.

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Given what happened--what you did," gripes the first, adding, a few moments later, "So you've ditched celibacy then?" First person subsequently tries to interest second person in joining a betting ring, to which nineteen people are currently signed up and for which twenty are needed.

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There are four different points of view used in fiction: first person, second person, third person and omniscient.

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A long-distance swimmer has had to abandon her attempt to be the first person to swim from the English mainland to the Isles of Scilly.

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