Forum Fan wrote:

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                             some of our posters have been criticized for writing in the third person and quite frankly there have been times when I have found such useage concurrently annoying and curious .........upon a brief review of professional writers I have found several refences that indicate the use of third person useage is done to increase one's own self importance ...however such commentary is sometimes borne of professional rivalry                              upon further discussion and review I have found that ..the point of view of a piece of writing is the perspective from which it is written : first person ( I or we ) , second person ( you ) , or third person ( he,she,it or they ) . The I (or we ) point of view , which emphasizes the writer , is a good choice for informal letters and writing based primarily on personal experience . The you point of view , which emphasizes the reader , works well for giving advice or explaining how to do something . The third person point of view , which emphasizes the subject , is appropriate in formal academic and professional writing .                             Writers who are having difficulty settling on an appropriate point of view sometimes shift confusingly from one to another . The solution is to choose a suitable perspective and then stay with it .                             In a nutshell , writing in the third person demonstrates a professional style of writing which is also the most suitable form for avoiding redundant and rhetorical phraseology, is gender neutral and less vague .                             So whether we find such writing curious or annoying it is the proper way to convey our thoughts even if i it is only a hockey chat line .

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Nil d found that quite enlightening, FF.

FF are we supposed to be focusing on hockey matters rather than grammar and spelling.  I mean it can get frustrating at times but sometimes its just regular mistakes.  Howvere the 3rd person part is quite interesting.

Desi wrote:

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Fine with me, as long as we don't have to deal with too many phrases in the subjunctive mood or the pluperfect tense. Les Canadiens sont la

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............. even Grammarman doesn't know what those things are!   Sounds painful, however.......

 

Man... we've been doing grammar in English this semester, and I've gotten in the high 90s on the tests... but this stuff is way beyond! I hope I never come across it in school.

Nil d

        I thought eats shoots and leaves is the story of the panda bear.

 

                                                                     habjo

-- Edited by habjo at 19:51, 2006-03-23

Habtastic wrote:

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Yes! How does an accountant know about such literature? :) Habtastic

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I'm a Renaissance man, dontcha know!

(And Grammarman in my other persona, remember?)