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Subject:Academic Writing Style -- why? From:Chris Hamilton <chamilton -at- GR -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:05:07 -0600
This is an offshoot of the first person thread. I understand that
scientific and academic writing includes a lot of third person and a lot
of passive voice. My question is: why?
Someone must have sat down at some point and said, "You know if we write
like this, we'll see x, y, and z advantages."
What are x, y, and z?
Chris
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