[PW] Re: T. Roosevelt Inaugural: Why no "I"???

[Autumn Trenton]

I hate to point this out, but there is a more obvious (or more facetious) 
answer.  He didn't use "I," but he did use "we."

yourDictionary.com has performed a textual analysis of all inaugural 
addresses, and they state that Teddy's address marked the beginning in a 
decline in reading level because he "was a man of the people."  Perhaps it 
was a move to show how much of a man of the people he really was.  The 
article is found at http://www.yourdictionary.com/about/news038.html but it 
doesn't offer much more insight.

Autumn

>From: "mklibrarian at yahoo.com" <mklibrarian at yahoo.com>
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>Subject: [PW]  T. Roosevelt Inaugural: Why no "I"???
>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:23:05 -0700 (PDT)
>
>We are striking-out on an answer to this. Any ideas?
>
>"The only president who did not use the word "I" in
>his inaugural address was Theodore Roosevelt. Do you
>know why?"
>
>Please reply to the list and to me at the address
>above.
>
>Thanks!!
>
>mklibrarian at yahoo.com
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