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Re: Re[2]: TECHNICAL, ACADEMIC: use or not use `we'
Subject:Re: Re[2]: TECHNICAL, ACADEMIC: use or not use `we' From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Feb 1994 12:50:38 -0800
lpraderio -at- CLIFF -dot- WHOI -dot- EDU said:
> What I find trully baffling is that students often use "we" in their theses.
....
> I think it's a lack of confidence issue.
Hmmm...I said "I" in my dissertation, and my adviser made me change
it to "we". I don't think it's always lack of confidence.
> 2. The deified/scared of God syndrome: "Because that's the way my advisor
> writes."
Well, if your adviser has to approve what you write, then it makes
sense.
