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Ethical Dative.

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The Dative of the Personal Pronouns is used to show a certain interest felt by the person indicated[1][Compare ``I'll rhyme you so eight years together,'' - As You Like It, iii. 2.]

This construction is called the Ethical Dative.[2][Datívus éthicus.] It is really a faded variety of the Dative of Reference.