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[winkingstar]

If one is doing a case study in which one did much of the investigations first-hand (and, in fact, one is only using other researchers' articles in order to fulfill one's citation requirement rather than because they actually fit in with one's observations), it is really quite tiresome to keep referring to oneself in this vague third-person manner

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[fish_echo]

Hehehee, I am amused :)

Will you be posting or otherwise sharing the term paper when you are done with it? I am curious. (Of course, what all with our favourite super sekkrit project, I shan't have time to read it until, well, it looks like the Tuesday after Ragnarök is open for me. Is that good for you?)

*hug* Best of luck on the paper and on getting to sleep eventually!

[winkingstar]

:O You said the Tuesday after Ragnarök!! I love you!! *loves mythology in a big way* I am most familiar with the Greco-Roman myths (I'm pretty sure I can still recite the major pantheon, with their names in Greek or Roman, and give at least one myth for each), but I am also fascinated by the Norse myths (just haven't done enough reading to be quite as well-versed). I am half-Scandinavian, even! :D

Oh, um, *cough*, there was a question in there, wasn't there? [/mythology geek]

Yes, I think I shall post it up in a day or two. It is not the paper I wanted to write, but still okay. And you will learn a lot about the archive and how awesome general_jinjur is! :)

[winkingstar]

I SAID "SCREW THIS" AND USED THE FIRST PERSON!! :O

Though I do like your alternative option of research conducting itself. ;)

[lacontessa11]

Economists use "I" or "We"--when I was editing the law and econ journal, I never saw someone referring to him- or herself in the third person. Are they not LETTING you use first person, or is that just how other authors in the field write? I'm okay with merely presenting evidence (which is what legal writing is), but actually having to mention myself? If I had to do that at all, my gut would be to use "I." The third person and the abstract "one"-ing would get on my nerves real quickly. Good luck!!!

[winkingstar]

The professor never said anything about POV. I haven't come across many papers in the field that use first person, but maybe I just haven't been reading the right papers. The ones I have found are usually just short commentary-type things.

But I got through about 1,000 words before I just said, "WHATEVER. I am ME, not this weird hypothetical 'one' person."

[propinquitine]

The alternative of referring to oneself by last name in the third person is equally unsettling.

But if one has such an awesome last name, one perhaps should take advantage of the opportunity to sprinkle it liberally throughout one's term papers, thereby rendering them (even more) thrilling and action packed. One could also include citations to such illustrious academics as Whoosh! and Swaaap! and Kapow! if one were inclined to turn one's paper into an episode of Batman.

[winkingstar]

Hee! That would make for a very exciting paper should I be able to find some appropriately named colleagues. :D