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Old 11-11-2002, 10:23 PM   #10
Aelia Jusa
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Originally posted by Jeffi0:
GTG to school now so I only read the first few lines, but IIRC you aren't supposed say "this essay" or "my essay" etc. Put "There are three major (or many) reasons why the cloning of humans should not be allowed" or something like that.
It depends. Some areas you can't mention yourself at all, it's all third person stuff. Other areas it's okay; philosophy you have to use 'I will argue' and 'I maintain' and so on. Using 'this essay will show', or 'this section will consider' is generally okay.
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