dude he's home schooled, don't insult his parents like that
deletedover 9 years
It makes your entire stance sound more neutral which is a good trait when it comes to convincing people; you're more likely to appeal to teh audience if you aren't trying to bash your opinion into their skull.
deletedover 9 years
Why not just say
'Video games are wonderful. This statement can be backed up by a large variety of evidence, including "x".'
Your school sucks.
deletedover 9 years
The thing is, you need factual evidence or examples to back up your opinion anyway. You can't just say "This is how I feel and yeah, that's it."
So either way, you're going to have to back it up somehow. Saying "I think" when your opinion on the topic is pretty clear dependent on which side you're leaning is just redundancy.
deletedover 9 years
Only if you end the whole essay with "IMHO".
deletedover 9 years
I've been taught to never use I, we, us, you, your
Like if you're supposed to write an essay for you class about any subject, Im sure that they want objective arguments and maybe in the end, to wrap it up, your own opinion on the matter.
I just stated a proper use for it two posts ago~ If you are writing an opinion paper or a paper that hinges largely on your opinion, then "I" is acceptable to use. I just put an example on the last page.
If you're starting an argument with the premise of " I personally believe/I think" then that argument isnt objective, which is the whole point of writing an analytic paper.
i think most papers will want you to write in the second person, so ignore what matt says. it's possible to make an exception depending on what you're writing about I guess, but I don't know what you're writing about so I doubt it
deletedover 9 years
Then what DO you use it for? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Unless you're having an argument with someone via Skype.
This isn't about any paper in particular, but in general, papers that are opinion/persuasive/etc etc are totally allowed to have "I" used, IMO.
If you want to state the history of something, then you say:
"On "date", the "event" occurred that resulted in "consequence".
However, if you want to state an opinion on the event that occurred, using an "I" is totally acceptable.
"On "date", the "event" occurred that resulted in "consequence". I personally feel that "consequence" is one of the worst things to have happened within the history of the universe."
You WOULDN'T say:
"On "date", the "event" occurred that resulted in "consequence". "Consequence" is one of the worst things to have happened within the history of the universe."
You don't want to state your subjective opinion as fact.
deletedover 9 years
it does. it kind of makes it sound like "i'm not sure if you agree with me, but i THINK this is what is correct, so here you go. again, this is what i think, so dont hurt me pls"
No no no. Never use your opinion in an analytic paper. This is fact based- not a persuasive essay or personal. Since it's coming from your point of view it's dumb to keep saying "I" and nouns. Didn't you have to take a state standardized test on this?
deletedover 9 years
Your stance on things is pretty clear through your tone of voice/what you are supporting with your text. There is a difference between:
"I personally believe self-discipline is a good thing."
and
"Self-discipline can modify one's life to become more orderly through acts of blahblahblah"
