we

Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s). Excluding the person(s) being addressed.

• We are here to arrest you.
• We need to have a talk, you and me.

Excluding the person(s) being addressed.

• We are here to arrest you.

Including the person(s) being addressed.

• We need to have a talk, you and me.

The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for.

• We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.
• As the government, we have a duty to ensure public safety.

Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.

• I went to watch our school football match against Puddletown High. We lost 2-0.
• In English, we do not inflect adjectives for gender.

People in general.

• We live and learn.
• We still have much to learn about quantum mechanics.

The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch.

• We are Queen of all these Isles.

Everyone being addressed.

• Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight?

An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.

• Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning?
• You've been spending all your money boozing when you have a spouse and family to support. I think we need to get our priorities straight.

Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.

• "I've just been to see Mrs Miggins." — "And how is she?" — "I'm afraid we aren't too good today."

Used to connect to or include readers or listeners. Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.

• Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First we take 200 g of butter and we whisk in 200 g of sugar. Next, we ...
• To solve the equation, we first collect all the terms in x on one side.

Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.

• Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First we take 200 g of butter and we whisk in 200 g of sugar. Next, we ...

Used in explanatory or procedural writing, such as mathematical explanations, to imply inclusion of the reader in the undertaking.

• To solve the equation, we first collect all the terms in x on one side.

Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.

• Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ...

Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.

• We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
• We the undersigned wish to express our disapproval.

Us.

• He was a propa gadgie, and always bought we drinks after a long shift.
• And what have you done for we since? Nowt!