No "I"!
02.19.07 (1:20 am) [edit]
Rantfest. It's hot and I'm sticky. I have just plowed through a dozen papers that got nowhere near the point, not even by accident and not only that, only one person (ONE!) remembered not to use first-person personal pronouns. Ugh. I am so glad I was always the model student. Therefore I know this is not the result of bad karma; at any rate, not bad karma accrued by being an awful student. Sigh. Okay, just wanted to put that out there. Gotta put my nose back to the grindstone if I'm gonna be able to submit scores on time.
Final thought: Formal writing does not use "I" or "we" or "our" or "you". Geez, how hard is that to remember?
posted by: lostin2007 (reply)
post date: 02.18.07 (9:03 pm)
It's not hard at all. I hope you get your papers graded on time. Hopefully you can help your students remember that. *hugs*
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 02.19.07 (10:25 am)
You sound like a tough marker!
posted by: SupremeAnna (reply)
post date: 02.21.07 (11:01 pm)
Reply to: lostin2007
I'm completely trying to pound into them the fundamentals of acceptable writing. Thank you for commenting and the hugs :)
posted by: SupremeAnna (reply)
post date: 02.21.07 (11:02 pm)
Reply to: rosietulips
I am one nutty marker! :)