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I often see "we" on internal documents written by one person -- I think it comes from the convention in academic papers where you'd use "we" to refer to the res
by nharada 5y ago
I often see "we" on internal documents written by one person -- I think it comes from the convention in academic papers where you'd use "we" to refer to the researcher(s), even if it's just one author. I don't personally mind it in this context.
- denton-scratch 5y agoI was taught in science at school that it was incorrect to use the first-person-singular in lab write-ups. "A sample was heated over a bunsen, and it was found on cooling to have turned white".
- nharada 5y agoThere's an interesting answer and linked article here: https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/2948 https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/2948