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I often look back at a comment I've written or email I've sent, and am annoyed at the number of paragraphs that start with "I ...". This one included! I think i
by boerseth 3y ago
I often look back at a comment I've written or email I've sent, and am annoyed at the number of paragraphs that start with "I ...". This one included! I think it looks odd when it's every single paragraph, so in extreme cases I will try to rewrite some of those sentences.
With this metric in mind and considering the topic of the article, I think this comment section makes for an ironic and amusing skim. Although I guess it's totally reasonable to talk from one's own perspective when discussing a piece of life advice.
- 3np 3y agoThe flip side of this is that at least you make the "I" explicit instead of overgeneralizing yourself. Counterintuitively, rewriting that into a version with less "I" could actually make it more egocentric (:
- robertlagrant 3y agoIndeed - I see "a lot of people think that <my opinion>" in low quality political interviews. It's always fun when the interviewee just asks, "What people?"
- ant6n 3y agoI see what you did there in the second paragraph, hiding the „I“ after some participle clause. Not sure it works this way.