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Day 278: When to avoid the first person in objective writing.
Having written and edited many scientific papers, I can assure you that I and we are acceptable in scientific writing. So why do many professors keep insisting that their students avoid those words?
The problem is not the use of these words but the injection of personal opinion in what should be objective writing. Opinions, therefore, are the real problem. This brings us to the question: When should you avoid the first person in objective writing?
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Avoid the first person in these expressions (or those that are similar):
“I think”
“I feel”
“I believe”
“I assume”
“I want”
“I am sure”
“I know”
The same list is true for we. These expressions indicate that you are about to write an opinion, and opinions have no place in scientific writing or other forms of objective writing.
