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TheFirstPerson
TraditionallytheuseofIormyishardlyacceptableinthecontextsof
writtenacademicdiscourse,asuresignofimmodestyoregotisminthe
writer,andevennowthesewordsmaystillraiseaneyebrow.Bestavoid
themasmuchaspossibleandtrytousecircumlocutions,suchasthose
listedbelow.Anumberofexamplesmaystrikethereaderasbeing
stilted,andthebestadvicetoanyonewhoisneitherapuristnorbound
byexplicitstylisticconventions(e.g.thoselaiddownbyeditorialboards)
istoavoidanythingwhichmightseemunnatural.
1.thepresentwriter(author,reviewer,studyetc.)...;thisworketc.
Examples:
i.Tothepresentwriteratleast,Freud’stheories,asoutlinedabove,
seemtobehardlycoherent.
ii.Itisthethesisofthepresentworkthat...(Insteadof:EIwillarguein
mybookthat...
.’)
iii.ThepresentdiscussionhasfocussedonthewayinwhichtheRenaissance
cametoNorthernEurope.(Insteadof:EIhavebeendiscussing...
.’)
iv.ThisstudywillbeespeciallyconcernedwiththeinfluenceofOssian
onEuropeanliterature.(Insteadof:EIwillbe...
.’)
v.ThispaperwillattempttoindagatethelinksbetweenNietzsche’s
writingsandtwentieth-centuryfascism.(Insteadof:EIwillattempt...
.’)
Sincethesephrases(especiallythosebeginningwiththepresent...)may
comeacrossasratherpompous,theyshouldbeusedwithparticularcaution.
2.ExpressionswiththePronounOne
Examples:
i.Oneistemptedtoseeinthesecompositionstheinfluenceoforiental
mysticism.
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