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15.8 essential and nonessential use of we, us, our The use of
we maybe essential to avoid ambiguity (
10.4
). However, you can avoid using
we (
us ,
our, ours ) in the following cases. When you can
be more concise by not using we. 2. When you are talking about people in general.
3. When you are talking about a procedure that you did not invent yourself. Instead, use the passive.
4. Sometimes authors use
we to involve the reader in the logical process being described. However, if you find you are using
we in almost every sentence consider
using alternative solutions, for example, the passive or gerund.
5. A journal’s ruling on not to use
we may result in awkward phrases.
In such cases we should, in my opinion, be used.
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