I had assumed that the use of we in articles was either due to formality, like the distinction between tu and vous in French. The English monarch never refer to themselves in the singular. Or we as in both the author and the reader. However a sample of size 4 of articles to hand suggests that the use of we for single author papers is not universal.
HTH Phineas Campbell http://www.phineas.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erin Hodgess Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] off topic publication question Dear R People: Please excuse the off topic question, but I know that I'll get a good answer here. If a single author is writing a journal article, should she use "We performed a test" or "I performed a test", please? I had learned to use "we" without regard to the number of authors. Is that true, please? Thanks for the off topic help. Sincerely, Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
