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  1. Apr 2022
    1. How to avoid I, We, and You?


      "I"

      • the essay, the previous section
      • this writer
      • the researcher

      "You" or "We"

      • anyone
      • one
      • people
      • the reader,
      • readers


      converted into passive voice

      make the verb passive directly - change the verb into a related noun

      • if the verb has a complement, then transform the complement into the subject

      • if original sentence is structured like v + to do/doing/that, then todo/doing———> it is/was + the verb's related adjective + todo or doing

      that ———> it is acceptable / arguable / certain / clear / correct / definite / likely / possible / probable / true / + that

      or ———> it is recognized / believed / considered / deemed / expected / felt / held / hoped / known / + that

      or ———> It can be contended / argued / considered / maintained / claimed / called / exemplified / illustrated / referred to / defined / categorized / divided /


      how to avoid pronoun as well as passive voice ?

      • find out a verb in active voice
      • "there be " sentence structure eg there is a need there was enjoyment / recognition there is no need to there is an argument
  2. Sep 2021