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  • \$\begingroup\$ @Timwi, if you are talking about the examples you are right, I'll add a few. Anyway, this "plus" relation is reflexive, so He+He is He, I+I is I .... \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 4, 2016 at 11:05
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    \$\begingroup\$ I get "I+I=I", since there can be only one "I" from a given speaker. But couldn't "He+He=They"? Generally if you say "He" twice in this construction, you're referring to two different male subjects, not the same one twice. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 4, 2016 at 14:42
  • \$\begingroup\$ Many dialects of English have equivalents of voi. In mine, it's y'all, and used in the formal register. Another common one is yous, though I don't think that one gets used in formal speech really. Traditionally, you also have ye, well known to many because it's common in certain biblical translations. You should add in one of these or toss in thou as well to really shake things up. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 4, 2016 at 21:31

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