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## Q: Why do you sometimes use the first person plural?
As a precedent for [first person
plural](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosism), we may sight [Two-,
Three-, and Four-Atom Exchange Effects in bcc in
3He](https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.1442) and
the co-authorship of [F. D. C.
Willard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard) as well
as the [APS New Open Access
Initiative](https://journals.aps.org/2014/04/01/aps-announces-a-new-open-access-initiative).
The number of [IOCCC judges](https://www.ioccc.org/judges.html) has
always been "> 1" such that IOCCC judges often prefer to themselves
in the plural, sometimes [in the common
plural](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural), sometimes in the
[first person plural](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosism), there
may be some who reject such a practice. Therefore please consider
that when you believe that just one of the [IOCCC
judges](https://www.ioccc.org/judges.html) is in action, you may
consider that [F. D. C.
Willard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard) has been
consulted, agreed, and has authorized the statement thus allowing
the [in the common plural](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural)
to be used without offense.
And while some might claim that [F. D. C.
Willard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard) died in
1982, we suggest that the [Schrödinger's
cat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrödinger%27s_cat) superposition
may still be in effect and the 1982 [report of death was an
exaggeration](https://books.google.com/books?id=ms3tce7BgJsC&lpg=PA134&vq=%22the%20report%20of%20my%20death%20was%20an%20exaggeration%22&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q=%22the%20report%20of%20my%20death%20was%20an%20exaggeration%22&f=false).
p.s. Here is an image of F. D. C. Willard:
[F D C Willard](png/F.D.C.Willard.png)